Elderberry Syrup
Katherine processed the elderberry "2nd"s into elderberry syrup. Recipe is basically the same as for the jelly except that she used the 2nd's and only added 1/4th the pectin (she actually used 1 pack of the "no sugar needed pectin" to 4 times the juice they call for - so that would be 12 C of 2nd's). Turned out very nicely! Canned just like the jelly too.
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| She got 10 pints of syrup from 12 C of elderberry "2nd's"! |
Salsa
We made another 12 pints of salsa from the tomatoes that were ready yesterday. Again we used the Mrs Wages salsa (medium) mix.
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| 12 Pints Salsa |
Pickles
We did up the cucumbers using the Mrs Wages Kosher dill mix. We "chunked" the cukes instead of making them as spears or sliced. I like them this way - I guess they would be called "salad" pickles.
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| Total of 13 quarts of Kosher Dills! |
Corn
Most of the corn is now off our patch. We still have some to harvest from the patch over at mom's. I want to try to dry and can some of the remaining corn. We got a total of 30 pints frozen from our local patch.
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| Most of the corn has been harvested from my local patch now - about 30 pints frozen. |
Kale, cabbages, broccoli
The real disappointment of this harvest is the Kale and Cabbages. Besides getting a late start due to the heavy early rains that made many of the cabbages rot out (and removed needed nutrients from the soil) they were attacked by the dreaded cabbage worms! I only have 2 broccoli plants that have produced anything - and then just enough for Katherine and I to eat at dinner! The kale was so filthy with bugs that I only gathered enough to freeze 3 quarts! I went out and sprayed 3 gallons of BT on the whole patch! I trimmed a lot of the Kale leaves that I didn't harvest and threw them away.
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Kale in foodsaver bags - freezing them first make it easier
to vacuum seal moist/wet veggies. |
I did harvest what cabbages that were ready - many were split! Sheesh! Can't catch a break!
After cleaning and shredding I only got 13 lbs of cabbage. I used this to start a batch of sauerkraut.
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| Kraut in the crock! |
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| Lid on and the water seal set! |
Now just to do the peaches and the tomatoes... lol
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| Katherine will probably do the tomatoes as juice. |
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| peaches are for jam! |
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