Every year we go strawberry picking.  Usually we eat a third fresh or in baked goods, freeze a third, and make the rest into jam. This year, our little garden patch has produced well enough to satisfy our out of hand desires and I even froze about a pint. We tried to pick twice in central Ohio but the weather was awful once and the patch was picked over the other time.  Then we left [...]

We will be picking strawberries at Doran’s (5462 Babbitt Road, New Albany, OH 43054) this Friday afternoon around 1 PM.  Weather is slated to be partly sunny and 76 deg. The walk to the strawberry patch is about 300 yds at most.  They sometimes run a tractor with flatbed for rides to/from the patch. They have a porta john out near the field. Pick your own are $1.59/lb.  Last year we talked about chemicals and [...]

Yesterday was a lazy day with an overcast sky so I finally took time to photograph what’s growing in our garden. Broccoli Raab, Lettuce, Spinach and herbs were all harvested this week Broccoli, Peas, Beans, Squash, Strawberries, Tomatos and Carrots are growing strong We supplemented our peppers grown from seed with 3 sweet yellow and 3 sweet chili peppers seedlings from Oakland Nursery.  We also planted 1 cherry and 1 beefsteak tomato seedling from oakland [...]