"You wanna go asparagus hunting?" Sure. Why not? We jumped in the side-by-side and took off to all the usual spots to pick some asparagus. Apparently the stuff I made last year wasn't hot enough, so my sole mission this year was to make sure it was. Here I was, canning up some asparagus, and the "farm stand" idea was born. Sure, we had said in passing that with the size of the garden this year, we should sell some since we'll never be able to eat it all. But as I was standing in the kitchen and putting these asparagus jars together, I began this journey. A few questions to "Chad" (my nickname for Chat GPT that the kids HATE haha) turned into falling down a few rabbit holes and asking questions like "What do I need to do to be able to sell canned food items?" and "Where can I get the certifications I need?" and here we are now. Pickled asparagus turned into watermelon rind pickles which turned into jams and jellies and watermelon rind candies and so much more. Now we're into homemade dog treats and dehydrated fruits and snacks and cereal mixes and who knows what the future holds...but it all started with those few bags of asparagus.
