We harvested a lot of green beans this week and it's so nice to be eating from the garden. We realize that we have a long way to go before we could actually survive on the food we are growing ourselves, but it is still nice to eat food that we've planted and harvested with our own hands. We want to learn how to preserve the food, too, through canning, drying, fermenting, and pickling - but one step at a time. We eventually want to have both a greenhouse and a root cellar, also. Big plans!
I try to get to the farmer's market on Saturday mornings so I can supplement what we aren't growing ourselves with food grown by local farmers. That way we are still eating a lot of locally grown food. I am finding that I sometimes overestimate what we can eat, so now we have a LOT of fresh food in the fridge. Today I made some vegan cheesecake with blackberries because I had to use up the blackberries I got at the market before they spoiled. The eggplant at the farmer's market was so many beautiful colors of purple - I wanted to buy all of it so I could paint a picture of it! Instead I just bought the ones that were the prettiest color! They are so much more beautiful than the ones you buy in the store. Next time I'm going to take my camera!
Yesterday I found 4 cucumbers in the garden and I was so excited. It's amazing the things that excite you...
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