The long, long days.
The heat.
The steam.
The dreaded pressure canner.
I thought I had more time.
Perhaps I do.
It's only the first small harvest.
But yet, it is there, staring at me.
A big, whomping pile o' spinach waiting to be processed.
Of course spinach is easy. It's just that fact that it is the harbinger of things to come. Of the carrots that need peeling, cutting, some to be pickled some to be frozen.
Of the green beans. The ENDLESS bowls of green beans. And the snow peas. And the beets. I hate beets yet I pickle and can them each year for the hubby to enjoy.
Dare I mention the zucchini? Like a thief in the night the zucchini takes over my kitchen - every space covered in green squash waiting their turn for processing.
The ears of corn. Last year there were 248 of them. How many this year? Blanch them, cut them off the cob and into the freezer.
The tomatoes.
It is wonderful to have it. I love the middle of winter when I open a bag of summer and it tastes so good but I really, really dread the work in this all too small kitchen.
And it begins today.
The photo is from last year.....
3 comments:
Your so lucky to have so much already. I'm usually lucky if my tomatoes turn red by the end of the season. I'm really impressed with your bounty.
Do you ever dehydrate much of it?
That photo is from last year. I should have noted that. Nothing but spinach is in yet this year.
I dehydrated a lot of things last year. The dehydrater was my birthday present. The tomatoes came out great I hope to do more this year so did the zucchini and the cherries and the apples. I could go on and on.
you have spinach my lettuce has .5 sq in leaves.....
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