Last Friday I declared this “eat from the garden week”.
I had no idea at the time how true that proclamation would be.
Our garden is bursting with cucumbers, green beans, peppers, and the first ripening tomatoes. As if that wasn’t enough, I had the pleasure of foraging in Thomas Jefferson’s garden at Monticello on Tuesday night.
My friend Natasha works for the foundation and she and I had the hilltop to ourselves as we picked beans, pulled beets, and watched the sunset. A total win as a foodie and a total fail as a blogger-I forgot my camera!
I did get a few shots after hauling my bounty home.
I’ve been in the kitchen for days, my pressure canner is now fully broken in and my tiny kitchen is swollen with veggies.
I’ve got to scoot, there is a bag of cucumbers waiting for me to turn them into pickles!
Gorgeous!
I grew up with a huge garden, & my mom does a lot of her own canning/bottling. I’m sort of intimidated by pressure cookers, so I’m very impressed by you!
Pressure canning on my own is a new thing to me. So far so good, it just takes a long time and is really HOT!
Ohh…canning! So much fun!! I only use a hot water canner, but now that I have a stove I can use a pressure canner with, I’m pumped to purchase/borrow one!
It is fun! My mom got me one for my birthday in May and it seems to be a good one. It was about $80 and should outlast me so it’s a totally worthy investment. Have fun!
aren’t fresh beets one of the absolute best things in the world?? I can never ever get enough of them…or beet greens. And I bet those were 10 times better just because the came out of TJ’s garden!
So glad you share my love of beets! They are totally underrated by most folks. 🙂
I’m reading a book that I think you will really enjoy – The Feast Nearby by Robin Mather. She’s big on canning, along with pickling, dehydrating, freezing, and eating fresh.
Thanks so much for the recommendation, I’m going to check if our library carries it. Sounds like just the motivation to carry me through the food processing season!
She has a blog too!