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Sweet-ee Pie Pickle
There are many good va-ri-eties of pickles made in and around the Farm, but this may very well be the best of them all. It is a little sweet and a little spicey (Just like a certain Farmer’s Wife) and just right for a summer’s afternoon. And this is how it is done:
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The Spring Thaw–Repurposing Last Season’s Freezer Fruit
Right now in our freezer we have twenty three bags filled to the brim with berries (black, red, and mull), roasted tomatoes and pumpkins, as well as more than a few sliced and pitted plums. Now, the off-ic-ial rules clearly state that such bags need to be used up or discarded, but that is not the way here on the Farm. No. We use what we grow. And how we do it is this: The berries themselves may be thawed and used immediately in any which way, and the way in which I have chosen (this year*) is by canning them in a simple syrup. That way they may be…




