Posts Tagged ‘canning’

Winter Settles and Still Canning

It was such a long warm autumn.  Many thought we deserved it after our frigid summer.  We sported light jackets in mid November, the compost was still cooking and the ground was soft.  But I started to have trouble with it when the air was still warm after Thanksgiving.  My children started begging me to Read more »

Squirreling Away

I feel like a squirrel this month.  On Saturday I canned six jars of plum jam with plums from my neighbors yard. I set them on the shelf next to the elderberry, blueberry, rhubarb, strawberry and raspberry.  On the shelf beneath there is an assortment of pickled things- cucumbers, beans, peppers, cauliflower, and carrots.  My Read more »