Recently, I talked about our new value-added kitchen. While this is incredibly exciting for our farm, it means that a lot of our time and energy has been focused on this project for the past 12 months, and not as much on …. well, actual farming. Our late-season produce has really suffered as a result.Continue reading “Late Summer Produce Farming”
Category Archives: Canning and Preserving
Strawberry Jam
I bought some delicious strawberries this week from some other local farmers. Despite my daughter’s protests (she would have eaten them ALLLLL), I made strawberry jam for the first time in years. On our farm, we usually make jams and jellies only from the fruit we produce. But, we love having a source for localContinue reading “Strawberry Jam”
Last of the season
Well, they aren’t beautiful, but these jalapeños are the last of our summer produce. Getting ready to sort through them in order to turn the good ones into delicious blackberry jalapeño jam. I’m a little sad that the summer growing season is over, but also a tad relieved. Ready for a little R ‘n’ RContinue reading “Last of the season”
2017 Holiday Gift Packages
December 19, 2017 Update: We have had TREMENDOUS support for our holiday gift packages this year! We want to thank everyone who has helped make this Christmas sales season a huge success for our farm. We are no longer accepting orders for Christmas 2017. We look forward to serving our customers in the new year!Continue reading “2017 Holiday Gift Packages”
Procrastination
I truly don’t know how this happens. The plan is always to make jams and jellies all winter long to use up the fruit and juice from the summer before that we didn’t have time to use and stuck in the freezer. And then somehow, it is the end of May and my freezer stillContinue reading “Procrastination”
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