This past week, we had some hard working children who absolutely loved to do our harvesting for us. Our tomatoes are starting to come on, our potatoes and onions are done for the season, zucchinis are still producing as are the varieties of peppers and cucumbers. Today begins our canning season. We will be canning at least 20 quarts of potatoes. We're hoping to do a couple of stewed tomatoes too. With those we just blanche the tomatoes to get the skins off, put them in a jar with some basil, sea salt, minced garlic and a few slices of onion. For the potatoes, we're following the Ball Blue Book's guide on pressure canning them. We will be posting pictures of the process since we've never canned potatoes before. Although it shouldn't be too hard since we've canned so many things in the past. This morning we've already shredded and froze zucchini in 2 cup incriments, so preserving the harvest is nothing new to us. We're hoping to make some beef and deer jerky this year with the dehydrator as well, so that will be a nice treat for all of us.
Until another time...
Blessings,
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