I have been using the land! We were very blessed to inherit some fruit trees and blackberry bushes upon the purchase of our home, as well as space for a garden.
So I have been canning up a storm (it seems like) these past few weeks.
The total count so far...
5 pints blackberry preserves (SO delicious over vanilla ice cream)
8 pints worth of plum jam (12 1/2 pints and 2 pints)
3 pints plum syrup (basically plum jam that didn't set) (Amazing over pancakes!)
3 pints canned plums (can you tell we had plums coming out our ears)
8 quarts tomato soup (which includes green peppers from our garden as well as tomatoes)
( 6 of the 8 tomato soup quarts)
First batch of blackberries and the plum syrup
A pint and two 1/2 pints of the plum jam
We also have an apricot tree. It did very well this year also. However they came on right when I was very pregnant and just after Katelyn was born. I was not up to making jam at that time, so Robby and I chopped them up and froze them. They are great in milkshakes and smoothies! (Definitely jam next year!)
frozen apricots
I also made a batch of fresh salsa using tomatoes and green peppers from our garden.
As the tomatoes continue to ripen I hope to make and can salsa and tomato sauce.
YAY! for planting a garden and saving money!
