If you planted garlic last fall, the tops should be dying back signalling that it’s done growing and ready to pick. Follow the directions in the linked post to pull, dry, and store your garlic heads.
Thanks to all this heat, gardens are producing all kinds of vegetables right now. I am currently picking basil, kale, beets, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, peas, and zuccchini.
If I ever have more vegetables than I can use for meals, no problem! I just toss it in our juicer. Last night I made a beet green-kale-apple-lemon juice after my run. Whew! It was powerful, but I still love juicing as much as when I started. It also feels great to find a healthy, easy way to use up all that garden bounty. After all, you can only give away so much zucchini.
Blueberries are clean, sturdy, and easy-to-pick. Oh, and so deliciously sweet. What’s not to love about them? I have been blueberry picking three times now, for a total of almost 40 pounds. My plan today is to flash freeze about 15 pounds I picked yesterday.
Here are two of my favorite blueberry recipes:
I also picked a huge bag of Transparent Apples yesterday. This is an early variety that is soft and tart, perfect for cooking down quickly to make a flavorful applesauce. I plan to make a big batch of applesauce and freeze it in smalller containers today. In the fall when the apples are plentiful and the temperatures are cooler, I will can applesauce (This is an easy place for beginning canners to start!).
Leave a comment! What’s happening in your home and garden this month?
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Yea! I feel like I’m getting on track with this seasonal prevervation of food. Garlic ready to harvest in the garden; did three batches of applesauce yesterday and still have a box to process; picking blueberries today.~Happiness~ ( :
Valley View Blueberries in Vancouver say they don’t use pesticides and are doing u-pick for $1.25lb ( :
yup, Pulled up tons of garlic. We’re going to make pickled garlic and can it.
I would love to know where people are picking blueberries and how much they are paying. The farm we’ve always gone to is now at $2/lb, so I’m looking for other suggestions. Thanks in advance!
check craigslist!
go to http://www.pickyourown.org & click on your state & then click on your county. all u-picks will pop up so you’ll just have to scroll down & find what you want & call. That’s how I got started. 🙂
Same going on here. Just canned some applesauce, planning on infusing vodka with the rest. Blueberries have all been put up in one way or another. Now just waiting on those tomatoes from the garden to ripen!
I just thought you might want to know that there is a website, called, National Center for Home Preservation that has many recipes, and recommended processing times and you can even sign up for a free e-class in home canning. 🙂 You can start with the basics and really go from there, soups and ketchup and BBQ sauce!
What’s happening in our home? Small appliance repair.
Dishwasher went down, we diagnosed the problem ourselves with a little help from google and youtube – it was bad drain pump. Found the part online for $33.95 and free shipping. Replaced the pump and it’s working like a charm.
Guessing our savings to be roughly $465.05, as the dishwashers we would want to buy start at about $500!