Dreaming of fresh produce from our yard....

I can't wait until our garden is in full swing and I can cook from what is freshly picked!  The last week was tree planting week: two apple, one sweet cherry, and one peach.  Well, the cherry and peach are more like sticks with roots right now!  I am hopeful that we will have some apples this fall.  More about our orchard later. 

Gardening season has started.  We have snow peas in the ground and rhubarb coming up.  My husband started seeds in the house and we have lots of little plants growing and waiting to be put in the ground.  I purchased strawberry plants at the farmers' market and already have some little green berries!

Last year was our first garden season in Central PA.  We were so happy to be able to plant in our own yard.  Our first season was productive and we were able to do some canning and a lot of freezing.  We have pickles to last for the next century (both canned and frozen)!  Our tomatoes did not fare well and I was disappointed as I wanted to can salsa and sauce.  Hopefully this year will be different.  We had a great crop of sweet potatoes but offered them to our starving rodent friends, even if unknowingly!

Here are pictures from last year's crop which we are still enjoying!

Made a meal of these "baby carrots" that I pulled when thinning the row!

 A few cherry tomatoes for salad.

Yellow squash, guarded by Jetta.  She really did not want to share!

Snow peas are great for stir frying!

Pickles, pickles, and more pickles.

Wieners love corn :)

We froze tons of corn from several gardens.

Canned applesauce for the winter.

Can't wait for this year's harvest!