I now officially have three jars of canned peaches...yay me!
Three jars of canned peaches took me almost two hours...I will be freezing more than I will be canning.
With that said- the most nerve-wracking thing about canning. My nerves! I was so nervous that something would explode, boil over, melt, or turn green. Not sure why the fear of that last one.
The only expense for this adventure was the $3.99 purchase of fruit fresh powder...oh- and the peaches. Otherwise I got the jars and lids from mom and dad and already had the pot and use regular tongs to get the jars out...if (for some reason) this becomes something I LIKE to do, I will be purchasing better equipment...
While my jars were taking their boiling bath I managed to make a wine bottle cork trivet. I was up last night thinking about the canning and what I would do with all my corks. Oddly enough I managed to do both of those things at virtually the same time! I also managed to burn myself on the glue gun more than with two pots of boiling water going on the stove...figure that one out!
Now- I am off to the market to get more peppers so that I can actually fill a freezer bag before putting it in the freezer.
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You are doing a great job so far! Keep it up! You and I are in a similar place as we continue this challenge. I am a few months further along, and I have a season of produce preserved. The canning does get easier, BTW. My first attempt resulted in numerous burns, a damaged stove top, smashed glass, and more. It cannot possibly be worse than that!
ReplyDeleteWay to go! You can do and I will continue to follow your progress!
Thanks Karen! I sometimes feel alone in this endeavor so it is great to have others blogging about the same thing. Do you know of other bloggers on this site who are doing the challenge? I would love to have a group!
ReplyDeleteI know of a few people who are on the spectrum, but not necessarily doing it full-blown. I hope that makes sense. If you go to my blog, you will see someone who is a follower and her name is scrappy quilter. She's very local, very environmental and very frugal. Another is Down--to--Earth and a link to her blog is on my 100 mile blog. There are others as well. I'll try to put a list together and email it to you. You will slowly find them and they will find you. I'm barely scratching the surface and I've been doing it for 4 months now. However, I really wish I had a group here at home. I am slowly putting that together as well by talking to friends and realizing that people are already working on it and I just didn't know.
ReplyDeleteIt's a struggle, but you will find that the things you thought would be challenging are a breeze and unexpected things will be surprisingly difficult. It's worth it though! I'll email you my email address. Then we can communicate a little easier.
I've been reading your posts and you are doing a wonderful job! I think this kind of living is eye opening as to where our food actually comes for plus the appreciation of who grows our food. Congratulations of successfully canning the peaches...they'll taste just like summer in the middle of winter...mmm! Heather
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the feedback! Karen- would love to be able to email you! I will check out your other contacts. Is there a way to search for specific blogs from this site?
ReplyDeleteHeather- thanks for your feedback!