The day started early for me today. I had prepped a lot of stuff that had to be canned and thought I may as well get an early start before it got really hot outside. When you harvest a large variety of veggies to process it take a goo d bit of time to get all the recipes made and in jars. That was the dilemma yesterday and today. Finished up canning the pinto bean soup, baked beans and chili beans today. I took a good look at one of the jars of pinto beans and the lid looked odd. Then I figured out that I had put the flat wrong side up on the jar. Thas a first! Made me feel like an idget. But all the jars have sealed and now the problem of where to store them till we get the root cellar completed. They are all still sitting along the kitchen counter. We are gettin a little crowded here. With a total for 2 days of 5 qts of tomato juice, 3 pts jalapenos pickled, 3 pts banana peppers pickled, 12 pts of tomatillo salsa, 14 qts pinto bean soup, 3 qts and 1 pt of bell peppers pickled, 14 pts baked beans, 11 pts chili beans. Plus 2 gallon zip top bags of red cabbage in the freezer for soup and 2 gallon zip top bags of chunked carrots.Think I will just relax tomorrow and soak my feet. Till next time, blessings from the McGuire homestead.
stella
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And to think I was just writing an entry about how worn out I am from a day in our tiny garden, lol. Great job!
It looks beautiful Stella!!! I admire your gardening and canning skills. Fabulous! So tomorrow when you soak yer feets ya can sip on a lil bourbon and ponder on the fruits of you labor. You certainly deserve it. ~jen
Thanks ya'll and thanks for visiting. Well all I managed to can today was 8 pints of salsa and that was hard enough with being able to barely walk. lol The bad back makes for some miserable days and nights.
stella
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