We have been very busy (as you all cans tell by the *previous* absence of posts on the blog), but mom still manages to make time to can our garden goodies! :)
Dill pickles and potatoes!
We have canned 28 quarts of potatoes,
23 pints of dill pickles,
9, 1/2 pints (not nine and a half) of peach jam,
14 quarts of peaches (in apple juice),
32 quarts of peach sauce,
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14 quarts of spaghetti sauce,
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14 quarts of pizza sauce,
and last of all (and least of all)...
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4 pints of tomato sauce!
138 cans in all!! That sounds like a lot, now that I think of it. Oh, and yes, I used a calculator! ;)
We usually would have canned tons of green-beans by now, but it seems that this year has just been hard on them. :( Mixed feelings :) The plants are big, leafy, and beautiful but the beans just won't grow past a certain size! We have still had enough for a few meals though so I'm not complaining at all. :) We probably wouldn't have the time to go full fledged into green-bean world like we usually do anyways! :P
Here is a picture of what that full fledgedness in green-bean world looks like:
Some-times two of these size blankets. :) Yeah, it takes at least 4 hours. :)
And that's with (just about) everyone helping!
Wow, my hair was long back then! :)
Eden Rose
Josiah David
Even Lydia helped (eat) the green-beans, raw! ;)
Judah and Seth looking on...
The clipped and halved beans! Basket #1.
And Box #2!
Then it's canning time!
And there you have it! These pictures are from last year I think. We don't have half this many green beans this year though. Which is good (in a way), because we don't have half the time we did then either! :)
Have you canned anything this year? Do you plan on canning?
Have a blessed week....I hope you are enjoying the many posts (because it probably won't last long ;)!
Joyfully His,
Alexis
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