Saturday, February 8, 2020

SATURDAY, MARKET DAY

Saturday always seems to be a busy day. We usually start at 6 a.m. and head off to the Growers' Market, then walk Sophie at the Town Basin before heading to the supermarket then home to put it all away before  breakfast.

I always like to have portions of cooked mince in the freezer for quick meals so bought some mince this morning and the first job after breakfast was to cook the mince.  I always add lots of vegetables and today included this home grown capsicum.



At the market we bought some local bananas.  We have been buying them for a few weeks now and they have a much better flavour than the imported ones.


also bought some pears



and some avocados


still have home grown tomatoes and some went into the mince.



I also bought some sweetcorn 8 for $5 so after the mince was put to simmer I started on the job of preparing the corn for the freezer

husks off



 blanched and kernels removed



then after chilling packed ready for the freezer.  I find this so useful over winter and just pull a pack out of the freezer for an extra veg or to go in some soup.  I will do this each week for a few weeks now.  Last year's supply worked out well as we have just used the last packet.




There are some more of the red capsicums ripening but also these smaller yellow ones.



After we had some of the mince for lunch I removed some scarlet runner beans and then sowed some purple King beans as it says they can be sown until late summer.  Fingers crossed for a late crop.  Most of the beans have finished now although we still have some late Dalmation Beans as well as several I have let set seed.

Meanwhile, Doug has finished painting the ceiling of the deck and today built a frame for some more of the greenery for shade.

11 comments:

  1. Your day certainly sounds like a busy one, but how satisfying to be able to harvest from your own garden, go to a great Market, and put food down in the freezer. A great day's work :)

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    1. I love being able to grow our own produce and the market as a back-up is wonderful. Can be tiring but well worth it.

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  2. Lots of lovely healthy veg and fruit - my favourites too.

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  3. Those bananas look like the ones they grow in Crete. Small but sweet. Those pears look unusual.
    That's a great variety of fruit and vege. Would love to get enough corn to freeze the way you do. I love corn and it goes in so many dishes

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    1. The bananas are known as Lady's Fingers here. We grew them when we were "up north" and in Kamo but I didn't get around to bringing a plant here in the rush of moving. Yes, the corn is so versatile.

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  4. You certainly start your day off well and get so much accomplished. I wake up early but my energy does not kick in till around 10 am.

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    1. I start to flag after lunch and we try and put our feet up for an hour at 3 p.m.

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  5. Those bananas look nice; very different to ours that come from French Caribbean islands. I've not seen Pears like that either.

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  6. I live and learn. I had no idea that bananas are grown in NZ.

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