Cucumbers....Will not be long....

The cucumbers are loaded.  It will not be to long and we are going to be canning pickles again.  The only variety that I planted in called Homemade Pickle. They are a small canning cucumber.  The average 4" long and are perfect for pickles.

We have rested some this week after canning over a hundred jars of green beans, corn and jams last week.

The green beans have been tilled under and purple hulls and black eye peas planted in those beds.  I am looking forward to next week to start canning again.

First Pumpkin of the year

This is my first pumpkin of the year.  I actually didn't plant this.  It came up in my compost bin and vined into my yard.  I am going to let it stay and just try to keep it contained.  The pumpkins that I planted are blooming but no pumpkins yet.

Blackberry Picking....

We spent Monday morning picking blackberries at RC Dairy and Farmstead in Collinsville, TX.  We had a wonderful time.  Their farm is always so neat and tidy it was just a pleasure to go and walk around for an hour or two.

We picked a gallon box of berries.  They were all so big and juicy.  That afternoon we canned 10 half pints of blackberry jam.  We also picked another 4lbs of plums from our tree and canned another 9 half pints of plum butter.

Our total jam/butter to date is 36 half pints.  That should last a while.  We probably will not be preserving more jam until the pears are done around July.