Friday, September 7, 2012

Picking Harvest And Canning

One of my favorite things about this time of year is harvest! Work all summer trying to keep the garden alive and then get to enjoy it come fall! This year we seem determined to fill our freezers and cold room. So far we have strawberry/rhubarb jam, saskatoon jam, apple butter, and apple sauce ready for winter. In the freezers we've got bags and bags of saskatoons, rhubarb, strawberries, and spinach frozen.

The past couple weeks it feels liked we've been doing a lot of picking! Starting with raspberries...



We picked these two ice cream buckets plus another one we froze the week before. 



Wild blueberries

   

Our tree is SO full right of apples right now! Can't hardly tell we've been picking! 

  
   

  

These babies are going to make a nice batch of marinara this weekend. 

  
  



I can't wait to try these! They have to cure for two months first! 


We're hoping to get a few more things processed and canned before winter!

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4 comments:

  1. JaneSeptember 7, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    I LOVE canning. It's one of my favorite things I use to do with my grandma, mom and sister.

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  2. laydilykeSeptember 8, 2012 at 8:23 AM

    I've always been curious about canning. My neighbors mom still does it. Is it really worth it?

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    1. CarissaSeptember 8, 2012 at 10:13 PM

      It totally all depends on what you're canning! Like pickles for example: if you have the pickles, and the pickling salt/spices, vinegar, dill, garlic, jars... then it doesn't cost a lot and actually saves you money to can your own! But if you have to go out and buy all the supplies first, then you don't save much I don't think. However, if you make jam and you pick wild huckleberries or something then all you need is jars, sugar, and certo. If you have all those already then it's a pretty good savings. Worth it as in is it that much better than bought? Then it's totally worth it! I love homemade jam WAY more than store bought!!

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