This is the time of year that I feel like a mother squirrel hoarding away the harvest for the winter. It is hard sometimes to remind myself, when it is hot, I am sweating, itching with vegetable pollen, bugs are biting me, how much i enjoy the summer bounty in the midst of winter. The time and energy of the processing of it all can be overwhelming... Well if your garden is anything like mine. My husband wants to use up every inch of the usable land as long as it can get water. So I asked him, " At what point does it stop being gardening and start becoming farming?" Anyone?
Needless to say I am not much of a canner, I have tried it and have decided it is a sick joke in this weather.
(with no central A.C.)
And I have not had much luck, seems mushy.
However, I am a freezer. I dig it. I like to blanch, or roast, or chop and freeze. I do always seem to can a batch of infamous pepper jelly though. It is nice to have on hand for get togethers and gifts. when paired with cream cheese and crackers. divine.
So I do love food, and art and design. I often find the correlation between them as being some amazingly good stuff. So I take pictures of things that I find to be beautiful, and yes food tops right on up there. I am consistently in awe of the gifts nature has to offer, that could never be replicated in our wildest dreams.
The color and architecture of a pomegranate. . . .
The intricacy of an artichoke. . .
Or the austerity of a persimmon tree. . .
We are so blessed.
