Processing Harvests

Trying to keep on top of this work if possible this year. I haven't always been able to and then all of a sudden there is this daunting mountain of marrows or beans to deal with.

The french beans were slightly too tough to slice so I've podded them instead to use as kidney beans and added them to the borlotti bean pile.

I've diced the large marrows and they are right this minute simmering away in passata to make soup.

The turnips have all been washed and the chickens have eaten the leaves. I've saved a handful of turnips for our suppers for the next couple of days but the others have been peeled and sliced and I intend to simmer them with the cooked beans, garlic and a jar of sweet red peppers to make a veggie stew mix. This will then be frozen to be either served with rice or it could be turned in to a pie or savoury crumble. Smells very nice!


And cos its Sunday Tim has cleaned out the chicken's house so we let them have the run of the garden whilst their 'vacuuming' was being done. Photo is of Prue poking about as only a chicken can......