Sassy was our pickle girl this year.
This spring she carefully planted the pickle patch.
Through the summer she weeded it carefully.
She took note of the first blossoms and waited anxiously for the first baby fruits to appear.
Then as they started to ripen she picked and picked and picked.
Every few days when she had picked enough cucumbers she diligently scrubbed each one, divided up the dill, boiled the brine and made pickles.
Six weeks later we were able to sample the first batches,
and they were a huge success!
Thanks Sassy for growing us a pickle patch and helping to fill our larder!
Hey just a suggestion for next time, putting a grape leaf in the bottom of the jar makes the pickles really great. In the day when they used barrels to do pickles they would put a layer of grape leaves and then a layer of
Cucumbers and then the dill and so on until the barrel was full and then the brine! Seal it up and wait. This comes from my mother, Mary Ward.
I LOVE IT!!!!!