This morning I asked Chuck if we could go " pick on the halves" and of course he said " yes"! So, after we watched the guy back fill the basement walls for awhile and we walked down to check out the garden and then let the chickens out in their yard, we left. First stop was to Tractor Supply to get some " big girl chicken feed, some gravel for them to eat and some chicken scratch food. Then, we went to our favorite produce stand about 20 miles out in the country from Moulton. They let us " pick on the halves" which is....you pick a bucket for them and our bucket is "free"!! So we each picked a bucket of blackberries, ( I know...you are thinking....why are they picking blackberries when they have 22 acres full of them?....well, these are hybrid berries and they are HUGE!) and a bucket of blueberries. So that means we got each of those for free. We bought a basket of peaches and a few tomatoes....plus we shared a bowl of peach homemade ice cream that they make right there at the stand. It was a fun morning. On the way home, we decided that now we need to go buy a freezer. We have talked about it before and since we have all this fruit available to us, it's time to do it. I am going to attempt to make " freezer pickles" out of our cucumbers from the garden. ( we have so many of them, we can't eat them all right now) Plus, we buy our meat from Sam's once a month when we go to Huntsville....so a freezer will be much needed up here. On the way home, we stopped at the Amish Bakery and bought a big roll of butter. It's the best! Made with nothing but milk, cream and salt. I keep that big roll in the freezer also. I've been buying all of my spices there too. They are really cheap. Sooooo our day was another fun one in Sweet Home Alabama.
This morning I asked Chuck if we could go " pick on the halves" and of course he said " yes"! So, after we watched the guy back fill the basement walls for awhile and we walked down to check out the garden and then let the chickens out in their yard, we left. First stop was to Tractor Supply to get some " big girl chicken feed, some gravel for them to eat and some chicken scratch food. Then, we went to our favorite produce stand about 20 miles out in the country from Moulton. They let us " pick on the halves" which is....you pick a bucket for them and our bucket is "free"!! So we each picked a bucket of blackberries, ( I know...you are thinking....why are they picking blackberries when they have 22 acres full of them?....well, these are hybrid berries and they are HUGE!) and a bucket of blueberries. So that means we got each of those for free. We bought a basket of peaches and a few tomatoes....plus we shared a bowl of peach homemade ice cream that they make right there at the stand. It was a fun morning. On the way home, we decided that now we need to go buy a freezer. We have talked about it before and since we have all this fruit available to us, it's time to do it. I am going to attempt to make " freezer pickles" out of our cucumbers from the garden. ( we have so many of them, we can't eat them all right now) Plus, we buy our meat from Sam's once a month when we go to Huntsville....so a freezer will be much needed up here. On the way home, we stopped at the Amish Bakery and bought a big roll of butter. It's the best! Made with nothing but milk, cream and salt. I keep that big roll in the freezer also. I've been buying all of my spices there too. They are really cheap. Sooooo our day was another fun one in Sweet Home Alabama. 
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