I was going to write something pithy and mathy about payback times, but then K-daughter asked if we could go peach picking. And of course I said, 'yes'. Good to spend time with her, and also, peaches are one of the least time-intensive fruits to pick and to can.
On the way, we decided to stop at a roadside veggie stand and grab some tomatoes as well, to make spaghetti sauce -- that was one of the things we kept running out of last year. By "some tomatoes", I guess I mean "a heck of a lot of tomatoes". Because when we finally came home, this is what our dining room table looked like:
That pile includes 60 pounds of tomatoes (cost, $14), congregated together in this giant party tub.
It includes 40 green peppers ($10).
And, of course, it includes 62 lbs of hand-picked peaches ($62). I think it took us 5 minutes to get this many peaches. I love peach picking!
After we hauled this loot into the kitchen, we went to pick up our CSA shares: corn, eggplant, potatoes --- and two large bags of tomatoes. Then my neighbor came over and brought me some leftover vegetables from last week, including another bag of tomatoes. Plus, while I was away, she'd harvested some food from the garden for me. Yes, more tomatoes.
All together, this is more than my weight in fruit and vegetables for only $86. But aside from the cost of all this, I love what I do NOT see on the table. Plastic. Trash of any kind, really.
I know what I'm doing today, I guess. The ketchup is bubbling in the crockpot right now, and the canning jars are coming up from the basement. Things are going to get hot around here today.
On the way, we decided to stop at a roadside veggie stand and grab some tomatoes as well, to make spaghetti sauce -- that was one of the things we kept running out of last year. By "some tomatoes", I guess I mean "a heck of a lot of tomatoes". Because when we finally came home, this is what our dining room table looked like:
That pile includes 60 pounds of tomatoes (cost, $14), congregated together in this giant party tub.
All together, this is more than my weight in fruit and vegetables for only $86. But aside from the cost of all this, I love what I do NOT see on the table. Plastic. Trash of any kind, really.
I know what I'm doing today, I guess. The ketchup is bubbling in the crockpot right now, and the canning jars are coming up from the basement. Things are going to get hot around here today.
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