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post #1 of 5
7/28/12 at 6:17pm
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As of today I have canned 25 quarts of tomatoes and tomato sauce  I have also pickled asparagus and beets  The dry weather has taken its toll 

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post #2 of 5
7/28/12 at 7:33pm

Oh, I wish I had asparagus this year!

Anyway, I just finished canning or freezing some tomatoes, cantaloupe, watermelon. 

Tomorrow will be some peppers, okra, and collard greens.

I try to do three items/day to keep on top of things.

For me it can get overwhelming real fast.

This is my FIRST garden and first time preserving, so I'm all excited.

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ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.☆

Have Katahdin hair sheep, Silkies, Guineas, Egg Layers, 3 Papillons, 1 toy Poodle, 1 Husband, 2 Cornish Rex cats,

1 aquatic turtle, 2 Kangals and 2 Grt Pyrs on 15 acres of joy.

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post #3 of 5
7/29/12 at 7:52am
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You will love how good everything tastes  Cantaloupe, watermelon and collard greens never canned those before  Your garden sounds huge  Do you have any chickens?

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post #4 of 5
7/30/12 at 7:01pm

All the following are either canned or in the process of being canned,

beets,pickles,spicy veg mix,peppers,hot sauce,tomatoes

 

 

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post #5 of 5
7/30/12 at 7:40pm

So far, it's been cherry pie filling, cherry sauce, and peach habanero jam.  The tomatoes are just coming out, so I'm stockpiling them in the freezer for marinara and salsa.  Tomatillos are growing for salsa verde.  Depending on how many hot peppers we get (it's not looking promising this year) I'll do some hot pickles.  I always do applesauce, plum jelly, and plum chutney around September.  I'll probably put some of my green beans into dilly beans.  But I don't pressure can, so my options are limited.  The freezer is going to get the low-acid marinara, green beans, and pumpkin puree.

Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish...  Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else. 

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Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish...  Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else. 

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