No, silly ...These pickles!
This is the first time I've made pickles. For some reason the jars are not sealing so they'll have to be refrigerator pickles. Should be good though: dill, onions, lots of garlic. Mmmmm. You can never have too much garlic.The recipe comes from the Mennonite cookbook Eating More With Less, via my friend and fellow gardener Donna. (I met a woman last year who referred to herself as a "cookbook Mennonite." When I asked for clarification, she explained that there are people whose first experience with Mennonites -- one of the historic peace churches -- comes from the Eating More With Less cookbook. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. I also recommend the companion book Living More With Less.)
I belatedly bought a share in a communal garden when two of the gardeners had to leave town suddenly. Unlike a CSA, where you buy a share and get produce delivered each week, the shareholders in this garden do all the work. I'm coming in at the tail end, for the harvest. Lucky me!
The farm where the garden is located belongs to my friends John, Robin, and Susan. It is exceedingly lovely. I'll try to get some pictures in the coming weeks.
So far we have partaken in potatoes, tomatoes, sweet onions, sweet red peppers, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes ... Later come the melons, squash, storage onions, garlic, basil, carrots, green beans, and did I mention tomatoes? I have a date with Poodle Doc to can the first bunch of tomatoes tomorrow. Last year's tomatoes sustained us until mid-March.
