End of June Harvest

The summer has begun.

Parsley is lovely.

Today was the first harvest of peas.

I picked a full strainer.

which yielded a large bowl. Dinner today included

peas, rice-a-roni, chicken francaise, new potatoes.

Next to be picked was red currants.

This is the second year for the bushes.

The yield from three bushes was three cups.

Now it's time to make jelly.

After cooking them a bit, I drained them using

a coffee filter. It came to one and a half cups.

I added the same amount of sugar and cooked.

When it jelled, I had three half-cups.

Wonderful red!

Then I picked the black currants.

When cooked and strained, I had four cups.

This gave me four and one-half cups of dark purple jelly.

I guess I've had a day!