Sweet BooBear and I had some canning to do today. I spent many a summer helping my grandmother put away her garden & fruit trees' bounty. Now that BooBear is old enough to show interest in preserving we did some more canning today. Last week, we put up 7# of green beans in the freezer using the FoodSa*ver. Earlier this week, we put up several quarts of tomatoes and today it was time to do some dill pickles.
Our garden is producing, but not like in years' past, so we just can a little at a time as the Lord provides the produce. Pickles do not take any time at all to can, so we were able to accomplish this task during PookieBear's nap.
Keeping our jars hot at 170 degrees:
How I store my rings. They are easy to hang in the kitchen on canning days for easy access:
Here is our finished product:
Keeping our jars hot at 170 degrees:
How I store my rings. They are easy to hang in the kitchen on canning days for easy access:
Here is our finished product:
What to do with a giant zucchini? Well, BooBear started looking through our canning book and found a recipe for zucchini sweet relish. Well, I had everything on hand,
so we whipped that out too.
Zucchini sweet relish cooling:
Your produce is amazing!! In the PNW, we are just *barely* starting to see our first blossoms on our tomatoes! I can't imagine having peppers and tomatoes and zucchini and everything else ready at this time of year :)
ReplyDeleteLove the canning! It bet it is easier to get your kids to eat veggies if they help grow, pick, and can them. I'm so impressed!
ReplyDeleteOh it's so magical! I love it!! We've just started gardening, but unfortunately with the AZ heat, our results have been mixed. We're hoping our winter garden will fare better!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to pass down such a sweet family tradition and such a great lesson in remembering our Heavenly Father and thanking Him for his bountiful blessings by taking such good care of His creations and not let any go to waste!
ReplyDeleteGreat job Shannon! Do your pickles stay crunchy? I was having a hard time with that a couple of years ago when we went through our canning phase.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos! Boy..you have been a busy bee!!
Love,
Donna @ Comin' Home
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