Monday, June 24, 2013

Harvest Monday, June 24th, 2013

This was a heavy rhubarb week for me. I had more than what you see above. I made rhubarb cookies. I made a fish dish with rhubarb.

And I made rhubarb strawberry jam. I've been making all my jams without pectin and weirdly this year they seem to be over jelling a bit. I happen to like a soft jam and I'm not getting it as I should with pectin free jams and low pectin fruit. At least it is tasty. I wish I could show you a photo of all the strawberries I picked. But no photos and I even forgot to weigh two harvests, including the biggest one. I'm slipping.

I also had a lot of herbs harvested this week. Yesterday I was drying non stop. Somehow the tarragon didn't get into a photo. I have trouble growing tarragon and this year I had enough to harvest.

And speaking of not getting in to the photo, As you can see I harvested snap peas and favas. But I harvested peas yet again with its own basket as there were so many. I swear I took a photo. However it wasn't in the camera. It did get into the tally at least.

And speaking of snap peas, in the past I've had trouble freezing them. They turn too mushy for me to enjoy. But I figured I just wasn't cooling them down fast enough so the cooking time was too long. Instead of doing big pots, I've tried small pots of them which lets the small amount cool down faster. I tested it and it works. The pea I unfroze wasn't mushy. Softer than I like, but still fine to eat. So I'll be taking a lot of those peas and freezing them today.

I harvested some tiny tiny cabbages. And the last of the turnips.

The last harvest was for last nights dinner. I made tuna pasta salad. I had fresh parsley, celery and onions. And I also put in snap peas as I have a fridge full of them.
  • Alliums 0.59 lbs
  • Beans 2.71 lbs
  • Greens 4.44 lbs
  • Herbs 1.01 lbs
  • Peas 5.99 lbs
  • Roots 0.91 lbs
  • Weekly Tally 15.66 lbs
  • Yearly Tally 96.83 lbs, -$22.56
  • Fruit
  • Rhubarb 1.97 lbs
  • Strawberries 0.33 lbs (actually way more)
Harvest Monday is a day to show off your harvests, how you are saving your harvest, or how you are using your harvest. If you have a harvest you want to show off, add your name and link to Mr Linky below.

35 comments:

  1. I'm looking forward to more rhubarb from the garden. And then looking for more things to do with it. Cookies and jam sound good!

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  2. Beautiful! Love the roots and peas. My fava are green but not blooming for some reason. Will have to try your version of rhubarb and strawberry jam as I have way more rhubabar at the moment than I can possibly eat.

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  3. Wow, nice rhubarb! I've never tasted it in my life...I've heard so many things about the jam with strawberry and also pie, but so far I've not had a chance to taste it! Love the cilantro... I wish I could do so well with them here.

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  4. Your turnips look wonderful! Our turnips are on the "do-not-germinate" list this spring. Looks as though you might have enough for both of us ;-)

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  5. Lots of great looking herbs! Everything looks really good!

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  6. Snap peas - Yum! I have a few snap pea plants that survived despite the rabbit and bird attacks but they were set back and there are not too many of them. Hopefully, I will get some snap peas though to enjoy (eventually). Your turnips, cabbages, herbs, and rhubarb all look great. I need to harvest and use some of my herbs too.

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  7. Cabbage looks great to me. Just like Kitsap's, my snap peas seem to be surviving the groundhog attack and are now putting out flowers and tiny peas. Hopefully I'll be able to harvest some before the heat wave comes.

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  8. Beautiful turnips! How do you get them so blemish-free??

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    1. Well I grow them under a row cover so the root maggots don't get them. And this spring was very very dry. So the slug didn't get going until later.

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  9. Oh how we are missing peas this year!! Yours look fantastic!! I'm be interested in a post and recipe on that pectin free jam!!

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    1. I have a link in the post. You really have to mouse over it to see it though.

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  10. The rhubarb jam is beautiful. I do like to do jam without pectin as well. Smaller yield, but I like the intense flavor. You've been busy this week!

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  11. Thankfully, you're leaving on vacation. Maybe I can catch up while you're gone!

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  12. I wish my hubby liked rhubarb! Your jam looks so yummy and the herbs look pretty. Are Snap Peas the same as shelling peas? I have a question on my blog about peas. Have a great vacation. Nancy

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    1. No snap peas are not shelling peas. Both snap and snow peas you eat the whole pod. With snow peas you eat it before the peas fill out. But with snap peas you eat them when the pea inside has started to grow, so they are fat.

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    2. Thanks so much for filling me in on this! Nancy

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  13. Wowsa - What a huge harvest you got this week. Sorry your cabbages did not mature this year. But - at least these didn't get eaten by the sowbugs!

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  14. When I freeze vegetables I make sure they are thoroughly chilled in the refrigerator before I freeze them, that way they freeze faster which helps to preserve the texture. It's great to see that you are getting a good harvest of snap peas, I thought you were concerned earlier in the season about getting a decent harvest.

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  15. This year I did not plant snap peas after 3 years in a row of 90 degree heat in June that burned them up. And of course this year May and June have been mild, just great weather for snap peas. Yours look really good as does the rhubarb.

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  16. Wow.. you had lots to harvest this week! Those snap peas look delicious and the rhubarb too. I really dislike mushy veggies too. I'll have to remember to try your small batches trick when I've got enough to freeze.

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  17. Your rhubarb and herbs look wonderful. And I'm so excited that your amazing, exotic harvests are almost coinciding with mine up my windy English hill at the moment! Just harvested last of the rhubarb, made rhubarb & rose (well, rosewater) jam. The strawberries are just ripening, lovely idea of yours to combine them. Not long until the broad beans (fava) are ready too.

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  18. Love your little pointy cabbages, what variety are they? And what a herb stash!

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  19. Great harvest! It's interesting to see people across the globe harvesting the same things - I've also been picking rhubarb.

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  20. Oh wow I really like your fresh harvest this week.
    So beautiful.

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  21. You have such success using row covers,I should look into using them.

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  22. does rhubarb have pectin, do you know?

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    1. It does, but it is very very low. Almost none.

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  23. Daphne, I see you blanche your sugar peas in small amounts but how long do you blanche them for? Thanks. Nancy

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    1. Okay! Thanks. That is what I will do. I googled it before I read your answer and that is what they said too! I had better get at it! Nancy

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  24. Everything looks great! My cilantro is sad... I replanted, I hope the rain we are getting will spur some growth, yours is gorgeous.

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  25. Hi, new here--I harvested chamomile, dill, oregano and mint! From NY

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  26. Beautiful! I just joined your Harvest Monday. Do I have to post the total weigts of my harvests? I need to get a food scale.

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    1. No you don't have to record the weights if you don't want to. But you should put your link on this Monday's post which usually gets up by 8am EST (but not always).

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