These days I’ve been finding myself buried in home picked vegetables and preserving the harvest. Since I still have a couple boxes of peaches, apples, zucchini, and peppers to put up, I thought I’d leave you with some pictures that I share on instagram.
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Have a great Labor Day!
Oh…by the way, I am so excited to announce that For The Family has officially launched today! It’s a brand new website by Pat and Ruth Schwenk (The Better Mom). The mission of For the Family is to encourage and equip families to build God-honoring homes for the glory of God and the good of the world.
Here’s the coolest thing, I’ve been asked to be a contributor! I’m so humbled to be able to serve on this new journey along side some pretty amazing people that God is using in mighty ways. I’m really praying that by sharing my recipes and cooking tips, that God will be able to use me to help woman throughout our country learn to cook simple foods that will bring about joy, comfort, and nourishment to their family tables. God is good!
So…here are my instagram pics. Enjoy!
Today’s harvest. #urbanhomesteading #organicgardening
Thinning the sprouts. Hopefully, we’ll have some nice ones for our Thanksgiving meal. #urbanhomesteading #organicgardening
I spy with my little eye, small heads of cauliflower. Better keep a close eye on these. They’ll flower quickly! Yes, heads of cauliflower are actually tons of little flowers waiting to bloom. It makes for a great gardening lesson 😉 #urbanhomesteading #organicgardening
Oh my yum! My homemade gravlax using Norwegian salmon tastes incredible! #cured #salmon
I’ll be sharing a tutorial soon on how to cure your own salmon at home.
Goodness, these grew so fast! I wasn’t expecting my Spanish zucchini until Fall. #blessed #urbanhomesteading #organicgardening
7 quarts and 17 pints of salsa. I think that should be good until next year. #urbanhomesteading #canningrevolution
Click here for my recipe on homemade salsa. There is a slight change on how I preserve my salsa. I no longer drain the juices as it took way too much time. I now, add all ingredients to a large pot and for every batch, I add one 6oz can of tomato paste. It quickly thickens the salsa to my liking 😀 I used 4 cans of tomato paste for the salsa that I canned in the picture above.
Yes! I got my peaches! I’m dreaming pie 😉 #peaches
This morning’s harvest. #urbanhomesteading #organicgardening #blessed
From garden to plate. Pimientos frito. I could survive on this!!
For the recipe on fried peppers with kosher salt (pimientos frito), click here. You can use any variety of sweet pepper and get the same great taste 😉
Has the preserving season been keeping you busy? Please share with me what you’ve been putting up for the winter.
Beautiful garden Diana!
Thanks, Danelle!
Everything looks absolutely beautiful, Diana! I wish I lived next door! I hope you’ll share some of the yummy recipes you create with your harvest. This would make some great posts – about gardening with family! You are going to be such an AWESOME part of encouraging families over at For the Family! I’m so excited for you and for all the readers there to glean from your wisdom and encouragement. I look forward to getting to know you even better through our partnership there!! xoxo, Kelly
I’m looking for suggestions on how to store fall garden vegetables. I do have a basement. Thank you so much.
Jackie
Jackie, which fall vegetables? Let me know and I’ll get back to you on how I store them 😀