We went berry picking this weekend. After a week of torrential rain, the sky went blue and the breeze went cool and we spent an amazing morning at a local farm.
Little Annika - only 16 months old - needed no instructions on berry picking. We set her walking through the rows of raspberry bushes, and she headed straight toward the bright red fruit. Picked it, ate it, and kept herself quite happy.
The girls did eventually tire of picking berries, and spent the rest of their morning running around the fields and then exploring the market at the front of the farm. We left with our car full of tired little girls and very fresh produce, and have spent the last two days putting all of those fruits and vegetables into storage.
We saved bags of frozen green beans, ready to steam or throw into a soup. We saved bags of frozen peaches, measured for dropping into cobblers and pies. We saved bags of frozen raspberries, measured for making crisp.
And we are in the process of saving a big box full of canning tomatoes. We are freezing homemade pizza sauce, homemade pasta sauce and homemade salsa. Although with all of the good smells going in our kitchen, its tough to lock the food away so quickly!
Still on the to do list - make the bushel of apples into applesauce, and make the fresh cream into vanilla ice cream. We already made the peach ice-cream. Fresh cream and fresh peaches - amazing! We already did the math - we've more than gotten our money's worth out of our trip (especially appreciated during these tight budget days). And it'll all taste so good! We're sold on the local farm, and plan to become seasonal visitors.
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