While We Wait

Well we are still waiting for the baby. My family is up here visiting and waiting...
So in the meantime I mave been canning things from the garden. I made relish, dill and sweet pickles, pickled peppers, and green beans.

Expectation

We are getting very excited about the approaching arrival of our baby. W are looking forward to welcoming a new little person into our family. We have been getting things ready and feel pretty prepared. Some of my family is arriving tommorrow evening and I am due this coming Monday the 24th. We would appreciate everyone's prayers.

Our goal is to be able to sell produce off our farm in the future. This year we have a big garden mostly for ourselves, but this past week we started selling a little to the neighbor. Well actually we are trading the veggies for some hay. It is a start though and we are excited about it!

Crepes with Raspberries

For breakfast one morning we had crepes filled with goat cheese with raspberry sauce. They turned out delicious.

Jam and Cheese

I made a few jars of apricot jam the other day. I have also been enjoying making easy goat cheese. All you have to do is heat a gallon of milk to 190 degrees and add 1/4 cup vinegar. When it forms curds just strain it through a colander lined with cheesecloth then hang to drain for several hours. It turns out great every time!

Apricot Jam

Draining the cheese

Fresh Goat's Milk Cheese

A Variety of Vegetables

Pickling Cucumber

A Little Watermelon

Sweet Corn

Zuchetta Trombolina Squash

Nasturtium

Turk's Cap Wnter Squash

Tomatoes

Dragon Tongue Beans

Stir-Fry for Dinner

The other evening I made a stir-fry dinner with veggies that all came from our garden. I love cooking with fresh produce from the garden. It makes it so much more fun, and colorful! We had purple string beans, red skinned carrots, striped beets, leafy bak choy, and turnips.

The colorful veggies ready for the pan.

Cosmic purple carrots.

Chioggia beets. Aren't they pretty?