We began yesterday in the orchard harvesting and by the afternoon we were pickling. Lisa and I processed 100 pickling cucumbers into 9 quarts of zesty bread & butter pickles, 7 quarts of bread & butter pickles, 4 quarts of whole dill pickles, 4 quarts of dill pickle slices and 8 pints of dill slices. That was a lot of pickling and the first time we made 4 different types of pickles; we were determined to get through every pickling cucumber and we did. It was a long day but being that productive and getting so much done felt good. Anybody need any pickles? I can make you a deal and give you the family discount!
While harvesting we picked our first watermelon and cantaloupe. We cut into the watermelon and had fun doing it, okay I did, but we picked it a little too soon, like the corn, and will wait another couple of weeks. As for the cantaloupe, we are waiting for it to ripen. To celebrate some more of our firsts yesterday we had watermelon with dinner; store bought.
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