We had a pretty good pumpkin harvest for the 2010 season. I planted heirloom sugar pumpkins and ended up with~20. Unfortunately, I lost quite a few of them after they were hit with frost. I didn’t cover the pumpkins and many came out of the frost rotten. Before I lost my few surviving pumpkins I decided [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Canning Prep’
Canning Pumpkin
Posted in Ball Jars, Canning, Cleaning Vegetables, Eat Local, Harvest, Mason Jars, Recipes, Vegetables, tagged Canning, Canning Jars, Canning Prep, Garden, Harvest, Recipes, vegetables on November 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
What is the cost of preserving food?
Posted in Ball Jars, Canning, tagged Ball, Canning, Canning Jars, Canning Prep on September 24, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Everyone talks about how much cheaper it is to put up your own food. I completely agree that it is, but don’t get me wrong, I spent a pretty penny setting myself up for a lot of preservation this year. I mainly use 3 methods to preserve food, freezing, canning and dehydrating (I’ll cover this [...]
Spicy Dilly Beans
Posted in Canning, Recipes, Vinegar, tagged Canning, Canning Jars, Canning Prep, Recipes, vegetables, vinegar on August 20, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Spicy Dilly Beans have quickly become a favorite in our family! Dilly beans are a great way to use up those fast producing green beans and the recipe is pretty simple. The recipe below is pretty spicy but you could easily cut the hot pepper with bell pepper to reduce the heat! Spicy Dilly Bean Recipe: [...]
