Woo Hoo I'm finished! Did the last of the grape juice yesterday! Rest of tomatoes went to friend's chickens and less ripe tomatoes and rest of grapes being picked to take to my parents back home in Sask. later this week.
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I ran out of everything last year but my adult son was living here then. He would got into the cold storage room and take a quart of juice and drink it all right from the quart. I'll be using alot less of everything this year.
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I buy unbleached muslin at a fabric store, wash it and sew my own bags. I use a large colander and the bag fits over the edges so it doesn't slip when you are pouring stuff in. I have a small bag as well. You can get fancy and sew cone shaped bags if needed or just sew the edges on a...
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Recipe please? I have some pears to still use up.
Easy peasy!
Fill your crockpot with pears on low heat (peels, seeded and chopped), and 1/2 cup of water and let simmer for a few hours until soft. Then mush up... or through the food processor is what I do. Then back in the crockpot...
7 qts of tomatoes today. They are finally starting to look like they are going to produce. So far only the cherry tomatoes have ripened abundantly but I need canned tomatoes stocked up for the winter.
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I found peaches to be touchy as far as peeling too. If they are a bit green they don't peel well, the peel sticks even after the hot then cold water bit. If they are a bit too ripe they get squishy. It has to be just right and they peel like heaven. Unfortunately on the same peach...
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I've had raspberries at several places and think I like one long row the best. If you don't have alot of time to keep them under control you can still pick them as the patch widens. The place we are in now had several rows and they had grown together so you couldn't pick the centre of...
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caramel apple jam sounds so good! recipe????
here's the link http://strayneedle.blogspot.com/2010/09/apple-day.html
Caramel Apple Jam
6 cups peeled, cored chopped apples, gala works good (I took a stick blender to them in the pot after they cooked a bit)
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/2...