Garden Produce Galore (Again!)

With all of the garden produce being ready at once, it was a busy Saturday at the Sabelka residence.  First off the kids and I packed up in the cool morning and headed to the annual United Way 5K.  It was a beautiful morning for a race, and the part of the trail we were on was awesome!  Eryn walked it with me, while Derek rode in the stroller and Nolan rode his bike.  They were all troopers!

 While the older two kids went to play at some friends, Derek and I did some cleaning and then it was off to the garden to see what produce was awaiting us!  Our green beans have been producing like crazy, so we picked some of those in addition to more cucumbers.  The zucchini are blossoming AGAIN so we will have yet a third picking of those soon too!  We also got our hands on some great sweet corn, so away for home we went.  Needless to say the stroller was packed with goodies, and Derek hoofed it the whole way back home!  I had been working all week on a great sweet pickle recipe, so I needed to prep those for Sunday's canning.  Then it was shredding some zucchini for some brownies (at Nolan's request).  I have shredded about 16 cups so far, and the kids LOVE zucchini bread!  After that, Eryn, Derek and I tackled the green beans and got them cleaned, blanched and frozen.

This morning, it was time to can the icicle pickles and get a batch of Dills done as well.  By mid-morning it was pretty well wrapped up.  The kids are glad, as they are not fans of the aroma of pickle making!!

The finished product!

Icicle pickles in process