Bounty of Basil

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This weather has been great for our basil crop! We can't harvest it fast enough!

Lots of basil = lots of pesto! 

Sunshine squash

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This is definitely going to be the year of the squash! Our fields are awash with an avalanche of squash vines that are snaking and sneaking their way into, over, and under everything! 

Tonight we harvested these little bundles of sunshine... technically called scallop or pattypan squash ... but (I think) more aptly named sunshine squash! 

Tonnes of tomatoes!

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Lots of tomatoes for our CSA customers this week. Red, yellow, orange, and few purple so far - all delicious! 

Bountiful!

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Went for a meander around the property today and this was the result! 

We are into the part of the growing season where we can't harvest fast enough! #bountiful

Sometimes bounty comes from another farm...

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While we strive to be as self sufficient as possible, there are some things we can't/don't grow or raise.... so sometimes our bounty comes from another farm! 

A big thanks to Purple Berry Orchard for the lovely Saskatoons and for my mom-in-law for picking them for us... I see some jams and pie in our future! 

Never ending bounty!

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You know you are spoiled when you have the opportunity to get tired of fresh produce directly from the garden. 

At this time of year we still have squash, onions, potatoes and even a few wrinkly tomatoes left from last fall's harvest.

Oh and a tremendous amount of tomatillos that I'm trying to forget about... We had such a bumper crop of tomatillos that I've run out of things to make with them. 

While I whine... it is always an incredible wonder to get a taste of summer in the middle of the cold winter months.

P.S. Anyone want some #$%! tomatillos?!