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Garden bounty

  • July 11, 2014
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  • Rory

Cucumber harvest

Harvest has begun at the Grovestead. The early season crops are prime for picking. Past prime, actually. Our cucumbers were actually too big so we had to cut out the middle before pickling. This is our first year pickling anything, and so far I’d say its going great. Becca has taken the lead, looking up recipes on the Internet and stocking up on supplies. I’m so proud of her willingness to try new things.

Becca making pickles

We went out to the garden after dinner one night this week and collected 2 gallons of sweet peas in about 20 minutes. This after  weeks of eating them fresh off the vine, and there are still plenty more to be picked. Some were pickled, some were shelled and frozen, plenty were kept for fresh eating. Fresh-picked peas are incredibly sweet.

Ivar and Elsie picking sweet peas

Shelling sweet peas

Ivar eating fresh sweet peas

For garden salads we find it easier to just uproot a whole head of lettuce rather than clipping off leaves. If we had been succession planting every two weeks, we’d have fresh lettuce like this all summer. As it stands, we’ve got about 12 or so heads left. The kale was hot pink, red, orange and neon yellow.

Kale, cucumber, and lettuce harvested for salad greens

Cabbage and broccoli growing in our raised beds

The wild blackberries have also started ripening. We have pockets of these throughout our property, and its a labor-intensive task to gather them, but there’s nothing better in the middle of January than wild blackberry jam.

It’s shaping up to be a busy month, with lots more veggies ripening soon. But it’s also a fun one (and tasty).

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Rory Groves moved his family from the city to the country several years ago to begin the journey towards a more durable way of life. Rory and his wife Becca now reside in southern Minnesota where they farm, raise livestock, host workshops, and homeschool their six children. He is the author of Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time.

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3 comments
  1. Troy says:
    July 13, 2014 at 10:08 am

    Everything looks so healthy, green and delicious! Those jars of pickles look right off the shelf at cub, much better I’m sure. Well done!

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    1. Avatar photo Rory says:
      July 13, 2014 at 2:48 pm

      We just cracked a jar for lunch today — they’re amazing. Very fresh and pickle-ly.

      Reply
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