Fresh Fruit
January 18, 2009 By
Canning like a mad woman in the fall is somewhat time consuming, but has so many great benefits. Fresh fruit in the middle of January is one of them. Enjoying fresh black berries, strawberries, pears and other summer fruit in the middle of winter is a great treat. They make a wonderful fresh fruit salad on a bleak cold dreary day. It reminds one of a warm summer breeze while the snow is piling up outdoors.
The Frost is Coming
September 18, 2008 By
Tonight is the first night that we are expecting a frost. We knew it was coming, but we were hoping to get at least another week out of the season.
We now have 60 pounds of green tomatoes! So,??I guess I know what I will be doing tomorrow. Yes, green tomato chutney, green tomato relish, green tomato cake, green tomato jam, and any other recipe I can come up with. Plus, I have about 20 pounds or more of red tomatoes that I will be making into tomato sauce.
We also picked the sweet potatoes as well. This was our first year with sweet potatoes. We didn’t get as much as we were expecting. We are not sure if it is the variety that we planted, or the soil we planted in. This will be one of the winter projects we learn about.
Winding Down
September 13, 2008 By
The gardens are starting to wind down. I am glad in a way,?? but sad in others. It will give me a chance to get some other projects done. It gives me time to get all??my canning done before we have to start getting the yard and gardens ready for winter.
Today, I will be making and canning tomato sauce. I think tomorrow, we will work on gathering apples from the neighbors and cidering them for juice for the winter. We froze the juice last year, but this year, I am going to can in quart jars. It will save room in the freezer for other things we need to stock up on. We plan on stocking up and hunkering down for the winter. Since the grocery store is about 40 minutes away, we want to make sure we have all that we need to get us through most of the cold winter months.
Stacking wood will be next!
