Canned Cherry Pie Filling

Canned Raspberry Marion Berry Pie Filling

This stuff is so good! We used a blackberry pie filling recipe and used different berries.

We also picked cherries at Hentze Farm. These are Lamberts.

Peach Picking at Detering Orchard

We picked Spring Crest Peaches at Detering Orchard. We picked Early Blue blueberries the day before. Spring crest are a semi clingstone so they are not the best for canning but great for eating.

Yesterday we went picking blueberries at Adkins Farm. They still need a little more sun but they are still yummy.

I made a quick trip to Harrisburg and went to Bear Fruit Farm. I think they had some of the most beautiful plants and berries I have ever seen. Unfortunately, they were very bland. I can say the Blueberry Patch's berries have double the flavor. So on our way out we stopped at Detering's Orchards and picked some sweet cherries. Detering's also has blueberries and they have a little more flavor.

This recipe was a Hungarian farmhouse loaf. The recipe calls for fennel seeds on top. I normally knead in mashed roasted garlic while shaping the loaf. It changed the texture a little and makes it a great topper for French Onion Soup.

U-Pick Pie Cherries

We went to to River Bend Farm and Pleasant Hill Orchards and picked the last of her pie cherries. We normally buy our pears there also but many of this years pears have been lost due to the late cold temperatures. We will have to double up next year. Annette (the big cheese at River Bend has also lost her whole two acres of peaches this year.

Rented Drum Carder

I rented this drum carder from the Eugene Textile Center. I am so glad I live in Eugene. the kids seem to enjoy it as much as I do. I am very glad I have the opportunity to process some of the wool I have had for a while.

Meat

We have seven of us in the house. So purchasing 24lbs of meat is a good thing. Special thanks to our two manual defrost chest freezers.