Produce and Jars

 Our mini orchard that we started 3 years ago is giving us a decent crop this year.

I'm so looking forward to next year! 

Prices:
Peaches and Pluots available only this week

Organic Peaches  $1.50 per pound (about 5 medium sized peaches)

Organic Pluots $1.50 per pound (about 3 large pluots)

Organic Zucchini 50 cents per pound

Small bouquet of organic basil, sage, or snippet of rosemary 50 cents each
(the zucchini in the photo is LARGE so the fruit may appear smaller than it is)

I've been busy making jams and have 3 different kinds available. The strawberry has received rave reviews from family and friends. The plum and cherry have also gotten many compliments.

Prices:

Organic plum jam $3

Cherry jam $4

Strawberry jam $3

Each jar is made from local fruit and is a half pint (8 ounces)

Today, Veronica helped feed our hens. Its always a party with her around. :)

Francesca picking cherries

                                           
                                              Our boys and friends pitting cherries for the jam                                              

COMING SOON:

Thompson seedless grapes

More peaches

Dill pickles

Spicy dill pickles

Brandied pears

Waldo The Yellow Tractor

Welcome to my new farm blog. All the posts below this one are farm-type ones I transferred from my personal blog and are all out of chronological order! But from here on we're starting fresh, Fresca!

Me vs. Spaghetti Sauce Canning

From August 2009

I won!

It all began Sunday around 3:30pm...

Actually it all began a few days ago when I received an abundance of tomatoes from our neighbor's garden.

To peel the tomatoes, dip them briefly in boiling water...

Then an icy cold bath... the peel slips right off.

Francesca enjoyed some tomato while waiting for her mommy to hold her...

Here's a portion of the 20+ pounds of peeled home grown tomato goodness...

Here's some of them seeded and squeezed of most of their juice.

I ended up with 40 oz of tomato juice.

Soon Jason will enjoy some home-made bloody mary's.

Mommy holding her precious tomato stained princess...

More ingredients to be added:

onion, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, garlic, red pepper...

More yummy natural vitamin c and lycopene...

There's my new monster of a pressure cooker! After I cooked the sauce and ladled it into the 9 jars, it was about 8:30. Once I got the pressure up to 11 pounds, they processed for 25 minutes.

All processed and ready to be put up!