Today's harvest: Boothby's Blonde cucumbers, a variety of onions including a 2 pound purple one, the almost in flower Purple Peacock broccoli head, and my 6 heads of Caraflex cabbage which, I think, were about to bolt from the heat - so I harvested them. A few are pretty small. Notice, not a ripe tomato in the bunch yet.
So, my big canning tip for the summer is to put the clean jars in the water before it gets too hot, because even warmed from washing in hot water may not be enough
Proof of this. I heard a small pop when I put the jar in the almost boiling water and thought that was probably not a good sound. It wasn't. But at least it was a nice clean break...
My first batch of Avocado Basil pesto. It was good, but so rich. While I like pesto, it's not something I can eat a lot of. I didn't really use a recipe, but it contained a medium avocado, a bunch of basil, a bit of Lemon Balm, juice from 1/2 small lemon, some oil, and 2 garlic cloves. The lemon was good in it and probably helped the leftovers keep until the next day with just some browning on top.
I'm having mixed success on the computer and doing most everything else right now. I had my first cataract surgery yesterday ( only 8 hours with the patch). Now for the next 2 weeks (until I have the 2nd eye done) I'm glasses free, but nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other. Two week headache and limited time for reading, sewing, computers, etc. Also limited a bit on gardening because of limits on lifting, pulling, pushing. Is it 2 weeks from now yet?
Avocado in a basil pesto - nice idea!
ReplyDeleteIn my case I consume my vegetable garden. My family and I seem to devour all of our produce much quicker than we grow it.
I've gotten into hydroponics gardening to try and grow more veggies in the space that we have.