helping each other

my sister and ricardo have been a huge help. ed and i grow our food, but we're so busy doing that all day long, that we have no time for cooking, let alone preserving. often, we have more veges than we can sell, so my sister and ricardo take them, and they cook or preserve them for the winter. they keep some, and we get some, and so it works out for everyone. they've made garlic scape pesto, as well as basil pesto (my freezer is already full); they made about 25 quart-sized jars of pickles for us; soon they'll can tomato sauce. not to mention all the cooked food, like the eggplant parmesan my sister made yesterday with the hugest eggplant i ever saw (it weighed 2.7lbs); and a roasted pepper salad, which was the most heavenly thing. i ate it with pesto, and could not believe how amazing it was.

i'm really happy that we can work together this way. not only do we have fresh, delicious food right now, but we'll have some for the winter too...

so thank you roxi and ricardo.
peace