Finally started canning some of the harvest....

[applestar]

I finally canned some of the tomatoes

Yesterday, I warmed up by bottling a 500ml Weck jar of crushed orange and yellow tomatoes -- it looks very pretty.

Today, I did a manageable batch of reds, filling 3 pint jars with crushed and 1 pint jar with juice.

Nice and easy. I don't like doing huge production batches, because I get overwhelmed and sometime in the middle of it all, start feeling like it's drudgery. Today was fun.

I'm thinking salsa next....

[gixxerific]

Awesome Apple. I need to start doing some canning my freezer is about full. Not really sure what I will doing with it all. I am still very green to canning. Maybe you can come by and walk me through it Applestar.

[Gary350]

My Grandmother tough me to DATE my Canning jars and to organize jars in the pantry from left to right according to date.

When I cook I use the jars from left to right, using up the oldest jars first. There is nothing older than 3 years in my pantry but food is still good for many more years.

I plant my garden according to how many jars I want to add to the pantry. I always want fresh summer vegetables but if I don't need to Can green beans this year then I plant only enough beans to pick and eat all summer. If I plant only 1 row of beans instead of 3 rows it makes room in the garden for 2 rows of something else.

If you loose a crop one summer to bad weather, blight, bugs, drought, etc. it is good to have a pantry. Maybe next summer weather will be better and you will have a great harvest for Canning.

YES......canning is fun. Best part is fresh garden vegetables all winter.

[Ohio Tiller]

I canned some tomato soup this week. I finally got some to turn red for me. It has been a slow red tomato season this year. A lot of tomatoes but they are real slow to turn red.