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Ooh, I'm pretty fierce, too, when it comes to raspberries. I planted three Strawberry Shortcake thornless raspberries in a raised bed earlier this year. I wasn't sure whether or not they'd be good, because reviews were mixed, but I think they are delicious! I've been getting about a dozen berries a day for a couple of weeks.
We picked about 20 pounds of tomatoes, a half dozen eggplants, some zukes and some cukes yesterday. Got a pot of tomato sauce on right now, and some of the eggplant & zuke are going in. One of the zucchini hid well; it's a three-pounder! Beans are blooming again, so looks like we'll have more soon.
Wow everybody is eating some yummy things! I got some french sorrel, purple pole beans, garlic, zucchini, okra and rosemary that I baked with salmon. It was good. Leftovers will be lunch. I had some of my deformed asian pears LOL. All my organic fruit is like just deformed. I'll have to get serious again and start bagging them. The bug free bites that I got were crispy and tasty.
I'm slowly getting to see why people make jam and cider and things with their home grown fruit. One year I will definitely take a canning and preserving class. I'm not really confident about being able to safely can without taking a class.
Wow everybody is eating some yummy things! I got some french sorrel, purple pole beans, garlic, zucchini, okra and rosemary that I baked with salmon. It was good. Leftovers will be lunch. I had some of my deformed asian pears LOL. All my organic fruit is like just deformed. I'll have to get serious again and start bagging them. The bug free bites that I got were crispy and tasty.
I'm slowly getting to see why people make jam and cider and things with their home grown fruit. One year I will definitely take a canning and preserving class. I'm not really confident about being able to safely can without taking a class.
Start with water bath canning. It's easy, and there are simple instructions out there. I have the Ball canning guide, and it has ton of recipes, and step by step instructions for some things, too. Biggest things for water bath canning are - it must be acidic. You must sterilize your jars & lids, and never reuse seals. You must process in the boiling water bath for the recommended amount of time. Last year, we canned a lot of tomatoes/sauce, made pepper jelly, and canned pickles. Everything was done in a water bath canner, and everything turned out great.
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