One of the things that I love about farming is the cyclical nature of it. It seems like yesterday that we were working our tail off trying to get everything planted and here we are now trying to cover crop and close everything down for the season. One of the goals for our farm is to put enough food away during the winter to off set our grocery bill and to savor the taste of summer when it is 20 below outside. Last year we canned 32 quarts of tomatoes and this year we are well on our way to that.
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| From the Greenhorns- A young and beginning farmer organization (not that I am young, but hey...) |
Below is a picture of the concord grapes that Ben so lovingly planted two years ago. This is our first year that we will have grape jelly (two whole jars) from them. The freezer is full of beans, pesto, peas and edamame for the winter. Ben's other effort on the farm is our broiler (meat) chickens. They will be slaughtered this weekend and put in the freezer. We are thinking about growing out and selling some turkeys for next year, so keep that in mind for Thanksgiving 2012.
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| Grapes before.... |
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| Grape jelly after... The other stuff is apple butter from our apple tree. |
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