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Just finished canning! All day making jams and a fruit mix. it was so much fun, we made it a family activity so from Washing the fruit to the final process my my kiddos and hubby were amazing!
So yummy and pretty and holy cow a lot of work! But it's the season for canning and it's so nice when you grow your own fruits and none goes to waste!
Wearing an apron with only shorts and a sports bra under it is never my smartest idea but I still think “I won’t burn myself canning this time” and every time I am wrong.
Freezer Space at a Premium
As previously noted, I have been harvesting, blanching, and freezing in a continuous cycle since sometime in August. The chest freezer is at a critical state.
I had previously removed any fruits that could be made into jam, placing them in the smaller freezer of our refrigerator (which is also equally packed).
It's like I'm playing one of those games with the sliding squares, and you can only move one at a time.
The tomatoes are being frozen until the harvest is over, so we can make one batch of spaghetti sauce.
The veggie clippings are being frozen until the garden is pulled out, so we can spend one day on soup stock.
The frozen harvest must stay.
I still want to stock up on things from the farmers market that I was unable to grow (corn, rutabaga, etc) much of which will also need to be frozen.
Today, I miraculously don't have dance class, so I am taking all the jam fruits and processing them today. Or else. This will allow me to put harvests in the upstairs freezer until the tomatoes are done later this week. Ideally next week, I'll make spaghetti sauce. That will buy a large amount of space for continued harvests.
Once all the canning is done (soup stock), we'll be able to make our own prepared and frozen convenience foods (lasagna, pasty pies, and eggrolls are popular). In the meantime, there will be no ice cream or other frozen goods brought into the house, because there is simply no room.
Canning Day by Janet Kruskamp
A handwritten copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Gibsonburg Canning Company. The company was in business from 1905 to 1908 and specialized in corn and tomato products.
