If you have been wondering what I have been thinking, doing, stressing, making, or working on, it would be:
CANNING
Lots of Canning!
This year we did over a hundred jars of salsa, peaches, pears, apple pie filling, applesauce, peach jelly, zucchini relish, diced tomatoes, and strawberry freezer jam.
Canning has become a new hobby for me and each year I get a littler more efficient and faster.
We tried zucchini relish for the first time and boy is it good! Funny thing is, we now have a three years supply of GoOd ZuCcHiNi ReLiSh!
I also did 25lbs of dehydrated apples and pears and this might become my new hobby. I love dried fruit right off the cooker.
The season is coming to end and after all that work I am glad for it to be OVER. In July when all the fruits of our labor are diminishing and our garden is getting ready to produce I will start looking forward to it again. BUT until then adios canner and glass jars may you rest in peace.
5 comments:
You. are. AMAZING. I canned for the first time this year (15 cans of tomato sauce and 12 of pears), and I was exhausted after that! It was so hard! I guess if it's faster every year, maybe that improves it because I was excruciatingly slow. Good for you - I'm very impressed!
Way to go! I bet it's super rewarding to see the "fruits" of your labor sitting so pretty on your shelves.
This doesn't even include that you taught other people and watched thier kids! You are the Best!
you are my hero!
Beautiful! So fun to see all those jars!
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