Preserving Your Harvest

[pennyJo1960]

The Egyptian walking onions I was given are doing great have two pots of them in the front. I layed oyster in a area. Actually it is the side of the property a spot gets no good light.. Grows nothing but herbs and succulents

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I canned 12 pints of Cherry Pie filling, 12 jelly jars of Cherry Jelly, and 4 1/2 jelly jars of Black Raspberry Jelly.
I think I'm finally done canning for the year....

 

[wyoDreamer]

Has anyone ever made a Raspberry sauce out of freeze dried raspberries?
I have a #10 can of raspberries and am trying to figure out how to use them ...

 

[WthrLady]

Has anyone ever made a Raspberry sauce out of freeze dried raspberries?
I have a #10 can of raspberries and am trying to figure out how to use them ...

I would think you could just rehydrate them and proceed as normal.

 

[muddy75]

Added 1200g new peppers in the fermentation bag today.
Pickled 1 gal green tomato slices
Made 2+ bottles of peach habanero sauce
Will harvest anything that survived last weeks frost and continue garden cleanup this weekend

 

[BReeder!]

I was digging up some of the grass that's invading the edges of the garden, just because it was a nice day and there won't be too many more days I want to play in the dirt. My weed digging/pulling muscles will be glad for some time off.

I found a missed onion in the onion row; it'll go into tomorrow's spaghetti sauce.

I missed some onions I planted in the middle of the tomatoes. They are growing rapidly now that the tomatoes are cleared out. I'm going to let them grow as long a I can before pulling.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I missed some onions I planted in the middle of the tomatoes. They are growing rapidly now that the tomatoes are cleared out. I'm going to let them grow as long a I can before pulling.

I still have onions in one pot all the rain kept them watered will have rain boots on and coat go check them I see red peppers

 

[Birdsonghill]

I am going to concentrate on eating or giving away more of my canned goodies , so that I can reuse the jars and eat the food in prime condition. I also am running out of storage space for the jars as the new is added to old stock. I discovered and am enjoying some old marmalade I found from four years ago this morning on my toast. I have lots of old treasures that need to be used up while still good! My plum sauce is five years old and is just better than ever, like a fine wine vintage! How long quality last varies from product to product.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Good to know the old stuff is still good for you.
I have some Cherry BBQ sauce and some Plum sauce from a few years ago that I will need to use up in the near future.

The old peaches are starting to discolor so need to be taken care of ... brown peaches may go to the chickens. They are not spoiled, just discolored not appetizing.

 

[BReeder!]

I am going to concentrate on eating or giving away more of my canned goodies , so that I can reuse the jars and eat the food in prime condition. I also am running out of storage space for the jars as the new is added to old stock. I discovered and am enjoying some old marmalade I found from four years ago this morning on my toast. I have lots of old treasures that need to be used up while still good! My plum sauce is five years old and is just better than ever, like a fine wine vintage! How long quality last varies from product to product.

On this note, any thoughts on how long hands are good for? I have strawberry, blackberry, blueberry and green grape jams from 2 or 3 years ago. I was questioning if I can keep eating them or if I should dump and repurposed the jars - would hate to waste all that jam though as there's a few gallons worth.