We did put up as much food as we’ve been able to. Still there are farmer’s markets and harvest boxes to consider, but it’s been a hard year on gardens all around. Broccoli, coloflower, spinach, and other early season, but very important vegis didn’t do well. We will have to work hard to store up tomatoes, simply becuase we use so many each week.
For onions, we use them as quickly as we put them up! As you can see from the pictures, a braid is put up and by the end of the week, we’re down to two onions. So off to the farmer’s market this week for more onions than our little garden can provide. In fact, for onions and tomatoes, we could plant our entire back field, and still not have enough for a year.
determined to attempt to make it throug the winter without buying fruits or vegis. We won’t look at it as a failure if this doesn’t happen. We make incrimental steps each year to do a little better: