What started out as a nice little garden has become an amazing crop producer.... The baskets and bushels have been rolling in and the jars have been rolling (or should I say Darren has carried them) down to the canning room. I have lost count on the total picked so far in tomatoes but I think I am at about 9 bushels. A whopping 110 lbs. of cucumbers have been picked and pickled. Amazing what 6 plants will produce when the little buggers refused to grow here in over 4 years. The canning kettles have been going almost non stop for the last few weeks and I am starting to wonder if I am going to run out of room for everything. I am almost done with the green beans. Those I had two plantings and over 60 quarts are put up for winter. Sweet corn was the only thing that we did not grow. But thanks to Mona, I met a wonderful Amish lady who takes orders and I was able to get 30 dozen canned this year! Today I spent the day going through all the jars and getting the ones I put aside for the Geauga County Fair cleaned and ready to take tomorrow. Only problem that I have right now is that there are 25 quarts of tomato stuff outside on the picnic table and three more cases of pints sitting on the floor that have not been put on the shelves yet. Thank goodness that the jalapenos that will be coming in soon are going to become poppers and end up in the freezer.
What started out as a nice little garden has become an amazing crop producer.... The baskets and bushels have been rolling in and the jars have been rolling (or should I say Darren has carried them) down to the canning room. I have lost count on the total picked so far in tomatoes but I think I am at about 9 bushels. A whopping 110 lbs. of cucumbers have been picked and pickled. Amazing what 6 plants will produce when the little buggers refused to grow here in over 4 years. The canning kettles have been going almost non stop for the last few weeks and I am starting to wonder if I am going to run out of room for everything. I am almost done with the green beans. Those I had two plantings and over 60 quarts are put up for winter. Sweet corn was the only thing that we did not grow. But thanks to Mona, I met a wonderful Amish lady who takes orders and I was able to get 30 dozen canned this year! Today I spent the day going through all the jars and getting the ones I put aside for the Geauga County Fair cleaned and ready to take tomorrow. Only problem that I have right now is that there are 25 quarts of tomato stuff outside on the picnic table and three more cases of pints sitting on the floor that have not been put on the shelves yet. Thank goodness that the jalapenos that will be coming in soon are going to become poppers and end up in the freezer.
