Let the Harvest Begin
We have been canning at least 2-3 times a week. We have been putting up Spaghetti sauce, salsa, tomato paste, tomato sauce...you can just imagine how much you can do when you plant almost 80 tomato plants! I personally think they out did themselves but we are now reaping the rewards.We also have been making a lot of jam. We started out with plum jam, which I have never tried before (kind of sounded like prune jam to me) but can I tell you--it is delicious! We also made peach jam and nectarine jam...yummmm! I think the family has already eaten about 4 jars of jam since we started.
When we get too tired to actually can the food, we put it in freezer bags and freeze it-- our freezer is full of plenty of fruit for smoothies and tomatoes for sauces! We are going to start making apple pie filling and applesauce soon.
Our garden has been a true blessing for us this year, it has been so nice to just go outside and grab a vegetable to cook for dinner, lately we have been eating green beans, beets, fresh salsa with onions, peppers, and tomatoes. The guys have done a great job this year on the garden. Thanks for all your hard work!
mmmmmm sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy the garden bounty. Let us know how the honey and jams taste. Today we did some more peach and strawberries. We miss you Angela,
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It is crazy good. I am glad I have been able to come and make jam/salsa/spaghetti sauce with you guys. I don't know how much help it is when I bring the kids, but it is fun hanging out and canning.
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