As a kid/teenage I can't really remember an August that wasn't spent canning. We had a huge garden and lots of fruit trees so there was a lot to do. I remember a hot sticky kitchen and making a huge mess to fill the food storage room in the garage. Amazingly enough, they are good memories of time spent with my mom and sisters in the kitchen.
Since then I haven't canned a thing! I may buy some extra something and freeze it but that has been it. I was always too busy with school/work or didn't really have room for food storage. I started getting more serious about food storage when I bought my house in Aurora, but it was just me and I worked to much to can anything so I would just buy extra groceries and store then on a shelf in the basement.
Last summer was our first attempt at a garden. It did produce well, but I had a baby at the end of July so I didn't really do much with it besides freeze some of the vegetables. But this year I was gonna get serious. So last week I got started and here is what I did.
1 batch pickles (cucumbers from my garden)
1 batch pesto (basil from my garden)
6 dozen ears of corn (from a local farmer)
36 pound of pears (were on sale at a local store)
1 batch beets (from my garden, aren't they pretty?)
1/4 bushel peaches (from a local store)
There was also some rhubarb jam with rhubarb from the garden, it is yummy stuff. I need to do more this week.
And right when I thought I was done Eric suggested we go out to the garden and this is what we came in with. Bell pepper, jalepeno peppers, chili Peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, pear tomatoes, roma tomatoes, and Italian tomates.
So I guess I am doing salsa and pickles this week.
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