Summer Canning 2014

kklibrarian · 05-20-2014, 08:16 AM

So Far --

Dewberry Preserves (3 pint jars)
Dewberry Jelly (2 pints and 4 cup jars)
Pepper Jelly (4 cup jars)

Up Next --
More Pepper Jelly
Salsa Roja
Salsa Verde
Dill Pickles
Blackberries in Syrup
Blackberry Vinegar
Stawberry Preserves (if I can find strawberries that I trust for the right price)

Deeper in to Summer--
Peach Butter
Figs
Spaghetti Sauce
Creole Sauce
Wild Currant & Lemon Jelly
Field Peas
More Pickles

Later Summer Early Fall
Muscadine Jelly
Pears in Syrup

I'll post quantities as I get them done. I have other things that I want to try but am uncertain if I can grow or acquire the produce for them at this point. If I make them I'll add them to the list.

Post your plans and accomplishments, and I'll drool along.

Blessings,
Kelly

RiverRock · 05-20-2014, 08:28 AM

What a great idea!

I plan to do the following this year:

Up next
-plum sauce (using fruit from the freezer)
-strawberry jam

Later in the summer:
-raspberry and blackberry jam
-apricot jam
-peach salsa
-peaches
-damson plums if I can find a new source (we removed our trees last year)
-blueberry chutney

End of summer:
-diced tomatoes with added veggies (I use this for a base in a lot of soups and stews)

If I feel up to it:
-beef soup (I have a lot of bones in the freezer that need to be used, and a good recipe for canning beef soup)

sprout · 05-20-2014, 08:30 AM

getting ready to do some strawberry jam

kklibrarian · 05-22-2014, 11:52 AM

I picked some more early blackberries or dewberries today. I think I'm going to boil these out for juice and then I can decide a bit later if I want to make a blackberry syrup with them or jelly or whatever. I'm really thinking about adapting a strawberry-lemonade concentrate recipe that I have to use with blackberry juice instead of the strawberry pulp.

I am thinking I may not be able to get enough peaches to make peach butter this year. A late winter storm has fairly decimated my local u-pick peach orchard. Sad face.

shaslove · 05-22-2014, 12:54 PM

I want to can. not sure if it will happen w/ new baby.

so I'll follow along.

sprout · 05-23-2014, 05:37 AM

canning would be so much easier in a community. I think this often......very often....

canadiyank · 05-23-2014, 09:56 AM

2015? You're so far ahead of the game!

RiverRock · 05-23-2014, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sprout

canning would be so much easier in a community. I think this often......very often....

I grew up canning with my mom and grandma. I do a lot of canning alone, but when my mom is around to help, she somehow gets everyone working together. She doesn't live close to me anymore, so now she usually cans with one of my cousins as the fresh fruits and vegetables become available. Canning in community sounds good.

kklibrarian · 05-24-2014, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by canadiyank

2015? You're so far ahead of the game!

Fixed the original post.

sprout · 05-24-2014, 05:11 PM

yes, big canning parties sound like good fun to me.

kklibrarian · 05-25-2014, 05:04 PM

I had a big bucket of dewberries, lemon juice, honey, and a small jar of lavender sugar. I puzzled a bit and came up with lavender-berry-honey jam. It is some awesome stuff if I do say so myself. 3 pints cooling on the counter as we speak and hoping to make more....

Soliloquy · 05-25-2014, 05:10 PM

I'm a canning newbie! I'm going to start with thimble berry jam later this summer.

I wanted to make rhubarb-champagne-thimble berry jam but we eat the rhubarb as fast as we can pick it.

Note to self--plant more rhubarb.

kklibrarian · 05-25-2014, 05:17 PM

I'm going to post the Lavender-Berry-Honey Jam Recipe, if nobody minds. If I don't write it down, I'm going to forget it. I just know it.

6 cups of pureed blackberries or dewberries (about a gallon of fresh berries)
3 cups of local honey
1/2 cup of lavender sugar
1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice

Combine all ingredients in a heavy pot. Heat over medium heat until boiling. Boil gently, stirring often, until jam sets (about 45 minutes). Test set with a chill test. Fill jars and place lids and rings. Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes.

canadiyank · 05-25-2014, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

but we eat the rhubarb as fast as we can pick it.

What do you do with it?

Peaceful Meadows · 05-25-2014, 07:09 PM

Rhubarb pie
Rhubarb tapioca
Rhubarb cake
Rhubarb crisp
Rhubarb cobbler

ETA:
Here are a lot of rhubarb recipes.

05-20-2014, 08:16 AM	#1
kklibrarian Moderator to Adoption & Foster Care, Cloth Diapering & EC, Gardening, Infertility, Large Families, and WOHM's The Famous Belladonna Took Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In Bilbo's Heart, Formerly of Bag End Posts: 7,517	Summer Canning 2014 So Far -- Dewberry Preserves (3 pint jars) Dewberry Jelly (2 pints and 4 cup jars) Pepper Jelly (4 cup jars) Up Next -- More Pepper Jelly Salsa Roja Salsa Verde Dill Pickles Blackberries in Syrup Blackberry Vinegar Stawberry Preserves (if I can find strawberries that I trust for the right price) Deeper in to Summer-- Peach Butter Figs Spaghetti Sauce Creole Sauce Wild Currant & Lemon Jelly Field Peas More Pickles Later Summer Early Fall Muscadine Jelly Pears in Syrup I'll post quantities as I get them done. I have other things that I want to try but am uncertain if I can grow or acquire the produce for them at this point. If I make them I'll add them to the list. Post your plans and accomplishments, and I'll drool along. Blessings, Kelly __________________ Beloved wife to my hubby since December 2002. Blessed and grateful adoptive mommy to my three beautiful dds and two wonderful ds', collectively known as "The Kidlets" Presto (ds) - age 18 almost Sky (dd) - age 17 ish Jolie (dd) - age 16 and holding Jilly (dd) - age ditto Sigh (ds) - age 11 or "thereabouts" My Etsy Shop Where My Kids and I Sell Our Creations for a Good Cause! http://www.etsy.com/shop/blessedchangelings Last edited by kklibrarian; 05-24-2014 at 09:51 AM.

05-20-2014, 08:28 AM	#2
RiverRock Rose Garden Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In green pastures Posts: 9,461	Re: Summer Canning 2015 What a great idea! I plan to do the following this year: Up next -plum sauce (using fruit from the freezer) -strawberry jam Later in the summer: -raspberry and blackberry jam -apricot jam -peach salsa -peaches -damson plums if I can find a new source (we removed our trees last year) -blueberry chutney End of summer: -diced tomatoes with added veggies (I use this for a base in a lot of soups and stews) If I feel up to it: -beef soup (I have a lot of bones in the freezer that need to be used, and a good recipe for canning beef soup) __________________ RiverRock, mom to a 21 year old diamond, 19 year old granite, 16 year old pearl and 13 year old tiger eye. Married for 22 years to a rugged boulder and resting together on the one true Rock.

05-20-2014, 08:30 AM	#3
sprout Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7,034	Re: Summer Canning 2015 getting ready to do some strawberry jam

05-22-2014, 11:52 AM	#4
kklibrarian Moderator to Adoption & Foster Care, Cloth Diapering & EC, Gardening, Infertility, Large Families, and WOHM's The Famous Belladonna Took Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In Bilbo's Heart, Formerly of Bag End Posts: 7,517	Re: Summer Canning 2015 I picked some more early blackberries or dewberries today. I think I'm going to boil these out for juice and then I can decide a bit later if I want to make a blackberry syrup with them or jelly or whatever. I'm really thinking about adapting a strawberry-lemonade concentrate recipe that I have to use with blackberry juice instead of the strawberry pulp. I am thinking I may not be able to get enough peaches to make peach butter this year. A late winter storm has fairly decimated my local u-pick peach orchard. Sad face. __________________ Beloved wife to my hubby since December 2002. Blessed and grateful adoptive mommy to my three beautiful dds and two wonderful ds', collectively known as "The Kidlets" Presto (ds) - age 18 almost Sky (dd) - age 17 ish Jolie (dd) - age 16 and holding Jilly (dd) - age ditto Sigh (ds) - age 11 or "thereabouts" My Etsy Shop Where My Kids and I Sell Our Creations for a Good Cause! http://www.etsy.com/shop/blessedchangelings

05-22-2014, 12:54 PM	#5
shaslove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Rainy Oregon Posts: 9,020	Re: Summer Canning 2015 I want to can. not sure if it will happen w/ new baby. so I'll follow along.

05-23-2014, 05:37 AM	#6
sprout Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7,034	Re: Summer Canning 2015 canning would be so much easier in a community. I think this often......very often....

05-23-2014, 09:56 AM	#7
canadiyank Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central WA Posts: 17,211	Re: Summer Canning 2015 2015? You're so far ahead of the game!

05-24-2014, 05:11 PM	#10
sprout Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 7,034	Re: Summer Canning 2015 yes, big canning parties sound like good fun to me.

05-25-2014, 05:04 PM	#11
kklibrarian Moderator to Adoption & Foster Care, Cloth Diapering & EC, Gardening, Infertility, Large Families, and WOHM's The Famous Belladonna Took Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In Bilbo's Heart, Formerly of Bag End Posts: 7,517	Re: Summer Canning 2015 I had a big bucket of dewberries, lemon juice, honey, and a small jar of lavender sugar. I puzzled a bit and came up with lavender-berry-honey jam. It is some awesome stuff if I do say so myself. 3 pints cooling on the counter as we speak and hoping to make more.... __________________ Beloved wife to my hubby since December 2002. Blessed and grateful adoptive mommy to my three beautiful dds and two wonderful ds', collectively known as "The Kidlets" Presto (ds) - age 18 almost Sky (dd) - age 17 ish Jolie (dd) - age 16 and holding Jilly (dd) - age ditto Sigh (ds) - age 11 or "thereabouts" My Etsy Shop Where My Kids and I Sell Our Creations for a Good Cause! http://www.etsy.com/shop/blessedchangelings

05-25-2014, 05:10 PM	#12
Soliloquy Administrator Why climb a mountain? Because it's there! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Selkirk Mountains Posts: 48,985	Re: Summer Canning 2014 I'm a canning newbie! I'm going to start with thimble berry jam later this summer. I wanted to make rhubarb-champagne-thimble berry jam but we eat the rhubarb as fast as we can pick it. Note to self--plant more rhubarb. __________________ Lisa, 47. Moderator in Theological & Doctrinal Issues, Drawing Closer, Bible Study, & Educating Our Children Mom to 5 wonderful kids, ages 4-16. 2 dogs, 4 cats, and some chickens. My Instagram

05-25-2014, 05:17 PM	#13
kklibrarian Moderator to Adoption & Foster Care, Cloth Diapering & EC, Gardening, Infertility, Large Families, and WOHM's The Famous Belladonna Took Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In Bilbo's Heart, Formerly of Bag End Posts: 7,517	Re: Summer Canning 2014 I'm going to post the Lavender-Berry-Honey Jam Recipe, if nobody minds. If I don't write it down, I'm going to forget it. I just know it. 6 cups of pureed blackberries or dewberries (about a gallon of fresh berries) 3 cups of local honey 1/2 cup of lavender sugar 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice Combine all ingredients in a heavy pot. Heat over medium heat until boiling. Boil gently, stirring often, until jam sets (about 45 minutes). Test set with a chill test. Fill jars and place lids and rings. Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes. __________________ Beloved wife to my hubby since December 2002. Blessed and grateful adoptive mommy to my three beautiful dds and two wonderful ds', collectively known as "The Kidlets" Presto (ds) - age 18 almost Sky (dd) - age 17 ish Jolie (dd) - age 16 and holding Jilly (dd) - age ditto Sigh (ds) - age 11 or "thereabouts" My Etsy Shop Where My Kids and I Sell Our Creations for a Good Cause! http://www.etsy.com/shop/blessedchangelings

05-25-2014, 07:09 PM	#15
Peaceful Meadows Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,881	Re: Summer Canning 2014 Rhubarb pie Rhubarb tapioca Rhubarb cake Rhubarb crisp Rhubarb cobbler ETA: Here are a lot of rhubarb recipes. __________________ Susan ~Mom to four awesome boys ages 20, 18, 16, and 13 (A homeschool mom who dabbles in writing and painting) Feel free to visit my little nook Last edited by Peaceful Meadows; 05-25-2014 at 07:12 PM.

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