Gardeners 2.0

In years gone by, I planned the garden and took pride in the layout, seedlings and fresh produce.  In the last few years, I'm working more and my busiest season coincides with planting season.  I'm so thankful that HandyMan has taken the lead on the gardenin and training up the next generation of little gardeners.

MMan was giving instructions on planting the carrots while GGirl munched away on a stalk of rhubarb. I sat back, enjoyed the show and the sunny afternoon!

Blueberries!

Yesterday I packed up GBaby and the stroller and brought along HandyMan to help with the picking and we went for fresh local blueberries.  There is a great organic blueberry farm about ten minutes from where we live where we pick your own blueberries for $1.65 a quart.  Be still my heart!  So we go, pick these little gems by the hand full - literally - and bring them home to stash for the winter. I feel like a squirrel.  Most will get stashed anyway, some will end up in homemade yogurt!  In an hour and a half we had about two gallons of blueberries to bring home - and since it wasn't quite 8 quarts, they only charged us for 7.  Wasn't that nice!  Since blueberries are so easy to process for storage I've got some in the dehydrator and some on trays in the freezer and plans to go back for more blueberries on Friday.  We'll see how the week pans out!

Want to know more about freezing blueberries?  Check out my article at Helium.com.

What's your favorite thing to make with fresh (or frozen) blueberries?