Yep, I still have a LOT of tomatoes to put up. We’ve had some beautiful days, so Connor and Ian have been helping me wash the tomatoes outside in the back yard, and I’ve been using my portable burner on a table outside for blanching and skinning them. (Gotta take advantage of the weather while […]
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Canning Crushed Tomatoes
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Maple-Vanilla-Peach Jam
This summer I’ve been developing a few can-able recipes using maple syrup. I just got a box of fresh, local peaches, so I thought it would be fun to do a jam combining peaches and maple syrup. So, here’s my recipe. I have to admit that I’ve found myself eating it by the spoonful. […]
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Freezing Green Beans
Yes indeed, we are still putting up a lot of green beans around here. The other day I got a few more pounds in the freezer, with much help from Connor and Ian. I handled the actual blanching of course, but but the boys did an awesome job swishing the beans around in the ice […]
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Freezing the Blueberries
When we got back from blueberry picking at Estes Farm the other day, we had lots of berries to wash and eat. Connor likes them, and Ian LOVES them, but even so we had more than we could eat fresh right away. Thankfully, the freezer is a really easy option for preserving fresh fruit. While […]
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Green beans, a dehydrator, and a decided lack of perfection
The garden is absolutely overflowing with green beans. Last night I found a large handful of them in my purse. I’d forgotten that I’d put them in there the night before. I had hurriedly picked as many almost-overgrown ones as I could when I got home in the evening on my way into the house, […]
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Making Fermented Dills
The cucumbers in our garden are doing alright, but they are not quite as productive as I’d hoped this year. And, they’re oddly-shaped–some are quite round and squat. They’re still delicious for fresh eating of course, but they’re not exactly ideal for making pickles. So, yesterday morning I headed to the farmers market for a […]
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Freezing Fiddleheads
We went fiddlehead picking again mid last week, and finally they were up for real! We got to enjoy a couple of meals of this delicious springtime treat, and I froze the rest. Given that the season for fiddleheads is so short, I really like to preserve as many as I can to enjoy later […]
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