Life here on the homestead has been busy, I have been planting our fall/winter garden here in the Northwest. We are getting a nice harvest from our spring/summer garden. Here is a nice sampling of our bounty! Wonderful Walla Walla Sweet Onions, swiss chard, beets and carrots. We are also harvesting broccoli, strawberries, Roma Beans and much more...Here is a picture with the beans added into the mix :)Roma Pole Beans are the best beans I have ever grown, they are flat instead of round, their flavor is sweet and crisp when eaten raw, they don't get strings which is so nice! And still taste great even when they get large. They can be steamed or mixed with potatoes for an excellent vegetable mix.
I have also been making Kombucha, here is my first batch, it tastes so good, I like it as much as Dave's GT Gingerade, which is my favorite.
Caroline the lady that I made the vest for sent me some recipes to try natural fermenting, I can't wait to get started on them, thanks Caroline!
Here is the vest I made for her husband with my handspun yarn.
So Here is my plan, I would like to sell shares in my garden, say $20.00 per week from say about Sept 15 - December for what ever the garden is producing, each person will get a box full of vegetables. I am growing broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, leeks, snap peas, beets and cabbage as well as lettuce and radishes for as long as they will grow here in the northwest. If anyone is interested let me know. I am starting out small so I only want a couple of people right now. I haven't ever used chemicals of any kind on my garden, all of the plants are grown from seed right here.
Send me an email or post here if you are interested, remember this is Oregon but if you are willing to pay postage I will gladly ship.
I would like to plant blueberries, cane-berries and more strawberries too so hopefully someday soon I will have berries available as well. If things go as I hope next spring I will do this again and hopefully be able to sell more shares each year.
I also would like to do a Saturday Market next spring. I would love to sell my Kombucha, bread and possibly pesto from my kitchen. Next fall my plan is to have garlic braids with bunches of herbs for sale. I have done this in the past and they are so pretty, you can just take a clove at a time off if you want and they keep for quite a while. I will get one made and take a picture for you to see, right now I need to locate some lavender to put in the braid.
Canning is on my list of to do items this week, I would like to can applesauce and peaches, as well as beans once they are producing enough, we are just getting started with bean harvesting here.
I just love growing and harvesting, I am so grateful to my grandmother and my friend Jackie for teaching me so many useful skills.
