After growing on this farm for the past few years, this is the first summer we’ve been here as official owners. The purchase was long and traumatic so the satisfaction of spending two solid months in our tin can trailer in the middle of the field just can’t be beat. This summer was made of: […]
How to Can a Bushel of Peaches in 7 hours with Some Swearing, a New Pot and 29 Jars
As mentioned in last week’s peach lemonade post and in our #canning play by play on twitter, we spent most of last Tuesday turning 1 bushel of gorgeous, perfect, marvellous Red Haven Ontario peaches from BizjakFarms into 29 jars of assorted canning goodness. I feel like this post is a little late as once […]
project 365: week thirty three: August 20th, 2011 – August 26th, 2011
August 20th, 2011 Rebecca and her BFF at the Brickworks Blueberry Festival. August 21st, 2011 Buying a bushel of Bizjak Peaches at the Leslieville Farmer’s Market. August 22nd, 2011 1 Bushel of Peaches + 7 hours = 29 jars of assorted summery goodness. August 23rd, 2011 Collecting and Sorting Mizuna Seeds. August 24th, 2011 Pizza and […]
How to make Real Lemonade. From Scratch.
Sometimes you really need lemonade. Very very badly with what we like to call the thirst of a thousand deserts. Good thing its really easy to make. First you need a simple syrup. Combine: 1/2 cup sugar (we like the white organic stuff that comes in a carton) 1/2 cup of boiling water (out of […]
summertime bbq grilled sweet corn on the cob
Sweet Corn is just coming into season here in Ontario. A little late because of our cold wet spring but it seems that the recent heat wave is helping out. Our favourite way to prepare a cob of corn is to grill it on the bbq. It’s really very easy and keeps you from steaming up […]