quiltys41 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Originally Posted By: preparing How many tomato plants do you have? Corn, now this Would you believe 12??? I have had as many as 28 a couple of years ago, but this year I planted an heirloom called "Marion". I have NEVER seen such heavy yeilds of tomatoes off of any plants before and they have hardly any seed and they are very, very meaty! I get 2 of the 5 gallon buckets full every time I pick (about ever 3 to 4 days) and by the time I get them all strained out, I end up with about enough sauce for 8 quarts when it's cooked down to where the spoon stands up in it. I have done three pickings so far and I would bet there are at least another three more out there yet. Q Link to comment
Dora Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I went to Wal-Mart yesterday and they had blueberries for 99cents a pint clamshell. So I got one lol. Today DH says "do you think there are any left?" so we went back and they had a pallet of them. We got 5 more. Want to can just the berries (light syrup?) so I can figure out later whether to do pie or cobbler, etc. We do not eat a lot of blueberries, but couldn't pass it up LOL Link to comment
Dora Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Oh, forgot to add. The first pound of the blueberries is in the dehydrator. We do like them in cereal. Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I think I'll be making more grape juice w/ dark grapes this time. Aldi had 2lb packages for 99¢!! Link to comment
PoGo Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I made seedless red raspberry jelly. A whoppin 7 - half pints! Link to comment
Virginia Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Went to early worship service so I could make my salsa and use up the tomatoes today. Getting pretty ripe so did not want to hold over another day. Got 11 pints and all sealed. I am happy. Also, was given 12 quarts of green beans yesterday and put them up. They were somewhat large for my taste, but still very well worth canning. Link to comment
Kelly Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I did 9 jars of fig preserves. My DSIL will love me! LOL Link to comment
WiccadStargazer Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 2 quarts and 4 pints of apricots yesterday. Link to comment
daisies518 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Yesterday I did 2 quarts of peach slices in unsweetend apple juice and 5 quarts of white grape juice! There are lots more to come in the next few days!! Link to comment
WiccadStargazer Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Yesterday I did 3 quarts cherries, 5 pints apricots, 10 1/2 pints apricots, and 11 1/2 pints cherry/apricot jam. The fruit man called me around 8:30 and asked if I was interested in yellow plums, so today I have to get everything ready to can 20 lbs of those! (at .50 cents a lb I couldn't resist!) Link to comment
quiltys41 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 10 quarts of meatless chili yesterday and now 9 quarts regular chili today. Poor pressure canner is getting a real work-out this week. And DH says I have about another 75 or so ripe tomatoes again! Q Link to comment
Pigzzilla Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Saturday our youngest son brought me a small bucket of apricots. He told his wife and MIL "Mom can make jam!". So Sunday evening I made 16 half-pints of apricot/pineapple jam and 9 of apricot-plum jam. Hubby kinda growled at me when I went to the backyard at 10 pm and pick some plums by flashlight. Didn't have enought 'cots for another batch, so I had to improvise. Yummy and pretty. If I can ever figure out the post pictures thing..... O well Link to comment
Heather Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I have 7 pints of bread and butter pickles pinging right now. Link to comment
Shawna Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I am gonna chime in since I finally got to can out of the garden! In the past week or two, I've done 37 pints of beets, 9 pints of bread and butter pickles, 30 quarts of beans (did these with a friend and we split them!), and my MIL did dill beans from beans in our garden. I also have pickles in the crock that'll be ready to can tomorrow. Going to do dill pickles and more green beans today. Have a great day everyone! Shawna Link to comment
WiccadStargazer Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 2 pints and 16 1/2 pints of plum jelly last night. Link to comment
Pixie Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I pickled 1.5 pounds of garlic last week, and i pickled another 5 pounds today. the garlic was on sale 1kg for $1.28, regular price $1.79(still a screamin' deal) but when I went through the checkout it came up as the regular price so they did a price check, and saw that it was indeed on sale, so they only charged me for 2 or the 3 1kg bags. so less than 3 dollars for 3kg of garlic. I will pickled 5 pounds of it, and the rest I willbe chopping up and simmering in vinegar for garlic jelly. I have plans for making some orange mint jelly, apple mint jelly. Link to comment
Dora Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Have 7 - 1/2 pints of wild plum butter made from the pomace from the steamer juicer. Still have a gallon of juice for jelly in the fridge. Link to comment
Kelly Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Today I did 5 more jars of fig preserves and froze 7 quarts of Broccoli. Link to comment
Jewlzm Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I will be doing several batches of salsa in the next couple days. My tomatoes are coming off the plants faster than I can eat them. Link to comment
Jasminegirl Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I didn't do any major , but I did put up 7 quarts of okra in the freezer. That's about it. Made several jars of jelly with some of the blackberry and huckleberry juice I had. Not much. But will be going into town to do some tomorrow though. Take care everyone. Link to comment
WormGuy Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 We did 2 quarts, 25 pints and 24 1/2 pints of chow chow, and 16 quarts of tomato juice in the last week. John Link to comment
Jewlzm Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 chow chow? uhmm dog food or something interesting that I have yet to hear of? Link to comment
WormGuy Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Chow Chow is people food. 60 Tomatoes 8-12 Onion-depending on size 4 Cups of sugar to taste 1 Tea ball of pickling spice Optional-2 Red Jalapeno's Optional-Salt to taste Chop everything up and cook until thick (about 3-4 hours) Put in clean jars leaving 1/2" headspace and seal No precessing needed A good one we use... For Kosher Dill Pickles, Okra, Green Tomatoes, and Cucumbers To each jar add... 1 Teaspoon fresh dill or Dill seed 2-3 cloves of garlic Add 1 small hot or Jalapeno pepper Add vegetables to jars and set to the side In a pan put... 1 quart of white vinegar 2 quarts of water 1/2 cup non-iodized salt Bring this to a boil. Pour over into jars and seal. No processing needed. The water-vinegar-salt can be doubled or tripled depening on your jar size. Salt can be adjusted to taste. Link to comment
Kelly Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I canned 10 pints of Salsa today. Link to comment
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