Anyone else harvesting/canning out of their garden?
A nasty storm took washed out a lot of my garden this Spring. Tomatoes, peppers and squash were the sole survivors. I plant my tomatoes and peppers under a layer of road fabric which protected them from washing away.
So, the tomatoes are coming in now. We're harvesting about 1.5 bushels per week now and will get 2-3 bushels per week starting soon.
The rest of the family isn't here to help so I'm canning the tomatoes on my own. I'm juicing the tomatoes to condense them down and we'd normally be making sauces or salsa but when I'm on my own, I don't have the time to do it all (mainly the herbs/spices to make the sauce). Looks like I'll be canning 20-25 quarts today. I'll be doing that amount every 3 days for the remainder of the season and we normally end up with 200+ quarts for the season.
A nasty storm took washed out a lot of my garden this Spring. Tomatoes, peppers and squash were the sole survivors. I plant my tomatoes and peppers under a layer of road fabric which protected them from washing away.
So, the tomatoes are coming in now. We're harvesting about 1.5 bushels per week now and will get 2-3 bushels per week starting soon.
The rest of the family isn't here to help so I'm canning the tomatoes on my own. I'm juicing the tomatoes to condense them down and we'd normally be making sauces or salsa but when I'm on my own, I don't have the time to do it all (mainly the herbs/spices to make the sauce). Looks like I'll be canning 20-25 quarts today. I'll be doing that amount every 3 days for the remainder of the season and we normally end up with 200+ quarts for the season.