Home Garden Harvest

The harvest from the garden today, lettuce, parsley, mint, green onions, grape leaves and chives were easy to pick but took some time washing, removing stems and preparing to eat, dry or freeze. Actually the salad at dinner tonight was the eating part. The grape leaves will be frozen till needed and the chives and mint will be put in the dehydrator. In general herbs take more effort in the harvesting process but last longer and add spice to many meals. There has already been some harvesting of mint and chives and there will be more to come.

Today I went to the Farmer’s market in West Allis. Most farmers had plants, vegetable, herb and flowers for sale. Harvesting of major crops is to come.

At the grocery store I was able to purchase fresh fruits, nectarines, strawberries, blue berries and a pineapple, at a very affordable price.

There is a season for everything. This is the season for fresh fruit and vegetables and growing herbs and flowers. The home harvest today might have been hard but all in all it was a good day to harvest affordable and healthy food.

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