Tag Archives: Preserving

What a sticky week

Last week as you know, I ended up with fruit, lots and lots of fruit.  Pears and Peaches made their way to my house late Tuesday night.  They were ripe and ready to do.  Pears went quickly but I had nearly twice as many peaches.  I was dreading them to be honest. Thursday afternoon IContinue Reading

Fall preserving

{Jars fresh from my moms storage room.  Some of these babies had old lids on them that said 1979.  The needed a little washing love!} Yesterday I spent that day canning pears.  Approximately 100 lbs of pears went through these hands.  100 lbs turned out to be 30 quarts.  Not to bad.  It seemed toContinue Reading

How to dehydrate veggies

There are so many great ways to preserve the food you grow or that you have bought at the farmers market.  Canning is probably the most well know.  It works great, its easy to do, and there are a  million tasty recipes out there to try.  The downside?  You need storage space.  A small batch hereContinue Reading