vjengels

I do some canning & freezing; we have a limited garden, tomaotes, zuchini, squash, cucs, peas peppers, In the last two weeks I've baked 24 loaves of zuchini bread, my husband would come home and say 'again?!" or would come in from the garden and say there's a zuchini out there that should be picked pretty soon... No ! I'm percolating that one for bread! He laughs every time! When I'm not doing ours, I'm making the rounds of the neighborhood picking fruit off their trees; It embarrasses my husband when I knock on someone's door and ask if their going to do anything with their peaches, pears, apricots,plums or apples, not me I go home & come back with a ladder & a laundry basket. Free is GOOD. In my neighborhood they don't understand what a bounty they have. alway s offer some of the processed fruit to them for their generosity, but really mostly they just let it rot on the ground.
My motto is: 'what would the pioneers do?' I believe they would pick it & process it.

greaterexp

This quilter cans! Looking at those filled jars reminds me of looking at a just-finished quilt! I love it. You'll have to share some recipes in the "Recipe" section!

greaterexp

I second that! I hate seeing neglected fruit trees, knowing that fruit will be wasted. Not even the birds benefit from most of it.

VernaL

I know people also, who have fruit trees, but just aren't interested in eating the fruit. I always ask them to please let me know and I will come and pick some and can them and give them some. I don't have room for fruit trees and I just hate to have fresh fruit go to waste when I have to buy them to can them. I do go to "pick-yourself" places when I can.
Verna in So Cal

Ilovemydogs

I am just starting to get into it! My mom always canned when we were younger. This is my 2nd year for our garden. I made some basil jelly and pepper jelly. Have a lot of tomatoes I might have to chop up and make some salsa! We had corn, pumpkins, butternut squash, peppers, and herbs.

Ilovemydogs

Oh we added some fruit trees, so next year we will have fruit!

madamekelly

I dehydrate the veggies and put them in zip lock bags, in the freezer, just in case I did not get all of the moisture out. The door of my freezer can hold literally tons of veggies. P.S. I do not put the carrots or potatoes in the soup mix, because they take longer to cook to soft. Some veggies disappear into the stock, cauliflower for example.

Olivia's Grammy

That's what I do too. Wonder if it was necessary. One time I got wevils in my dried fruit so from then on I put it in the freezer.

Olivia's Grammy

When you dehydrate the onions, does it make your house smell like onions? I usually freeze onions.

2piecemaker

I am a canner. My husband likes to plant a big garden and then I get to can. I made tomato juice and canned tomatoes pickled cukes and made jelly. I also froze some of the stuff that I could not can. I love it. Praise God we can do that. Maria