The local pears are in and Swanson Farms has given us a great deal on their pears! So we took an outing today to go and pick our own and then grab extra sugar and canning lids on the way back home. Fresh pears, canned pears, pear jam, pear butter, pear preserves!! My mouth is just watering. This will be the first time that all of us have left the farm together since we moved in. It is definitely a momentous occasion for our little group!
And what little outing wouldn't be complete without a picnic lunch! Rebecca and Laura packed quite a feast for our day of picking. We had fresh bread, peaches, sliced chicken breast, sliced tomatoes, and peanut butter cookies for dessert! YUM!!
We set out around 10 am from our farm and picked, ate lunch, and picked some more until about 1 in the afternoon. We had picked about 8 bushels of pears during this time. Good thing we brought the trucks! But it was so much fun! Afterwards we went to the store for sugar, canning lids and extra jars, and a few other items. Then home again, home again, jigity jig.
We quickly went to work packing some of the pears away in storage for later and pealing the rest. We planned to make about 100 jars of pear preserves and we weren't too far off of our calculations. In total we now have 113 pints of preserves in the cellar. For those who don't know, that's a lot of preserves to make in just a few short hours.
But we are now settling down for the night after our big excursion. And I'm about to fall asleep. But I'll keep you updated on all the goings on here at Freedom!
Sincerely,
Ann
And what little outing wouldn't be complete without a picnic lunch! Rebecca and Laura packed quite a feast for our day of picking. We had fresh bread, peaches, sliced chicken breast, sliced tomatoes, and peanut butter cookies for dessert! YUM!!
We set out around 10 am from our farm and picked, ate lunch, and picked some more until about 1 in the afternoon. We had picked about 8 bushels of pears during this time. Good thing we brought the trucks! But it was so much fun! Afterwards we went to the store for sugar, canning lids and extra jars, and a few other items. Then home again, home again, jigity jig.
We quickly went to work packing some of the pears away in storage for later and pealing the rest. We planned to make about 100 jars of pear preserves and we weren't too far off of our calculations. In total we now have 113 pints of preserves in the cellar. For those who don't know, that's a lot of preserves to make in just a few short hours.
But we are now settling down for the night after our big excursion. And I'm about to fall asleep. But I'll keep you updated on all the goings on here at Freedom!
Sincerely,
Ann
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