Apple Picking in November
Posted on November 9, 2009 - Filed Under pick your own | 4 Comments
The sky turned a brilliant blue today … better than anything Crayola could imagine. And the temperatures were downright warm — along the lines of what we expect from early October, but certainly not November. It was just one of those gloriously beautiful Sundays.
A day like today should be spent outdoors, enjoying the weather and [...]
How to Freeze Fresh Strawberries
Posted on June 28, 2009 - Filed Under Eat Local, Farm Fresh, pick your own, preserving/canning | 5 Comments
One of my goals for this year is to extend our local eating for as long into the winter as we can. I’ve done this hear and there in the past, putting up jams and relishes and freezing pestos and sauces, but this year I want a more comprehensive effort. As fruits and vegetables hit [...]
Read More..>>June’s Rosy Joy: Strawberry Picking
Posted on June 22, 2009 - Filed Under Eat Local, pick your own, preserving/canning | 6 Comments
The kids and I and two of my friends went strawberry picking yesterday afternoon. So what that it was raining? So what that the skies clued us in that this was a rain that wasn’t going to just pass … It just didn’t matter. We all wanted the berries and nothing was standing in our [...]
Read More..>>Eating local: Pick Your Own apples
Posted on September 30, 2007 - Filed Under Eat Local, Farm Fresh, fruit, pick your own, preserving/canning | 1 Comment
Have I mentioned that it’s apple season here in the northeast? Of course I have . . . And apple season is off to a great start. The apples are plentiful both in the fields and in my home (we’ve done lots of picking this week!).
Will and I went apple picking yesterday . . . [...]
Read More..>>It’s Blueberry Picking Time!
Posted on August 12, 2007 - Filed Under Mama's baby, fruit, pick your own | 1 Comment
The heat wave in New England has subsided. After day after day of intolerable heat, it was cool yesterday (while it rained) and warm today. Thank goodness. The stifling heat is just too much for this pregnant woman to take.
Fortunately, today also happened to be the day that Virtual Frolic and I had planned to [...]
