Today I canned pears, which wraps up all the canning I'm going to do this year (actually, I might make pear jam if my sister-in-law says it's not too hard to make...) Since the peaches on my peach tree were ripe in mid-August, I feel like I have been doing some sort of canning for two months now. Does anyone actually like canning fruit? I surely don't. I mean, yeah, it's nice to have the lovely jars all lined up when I'm done, but it sure is not fun while I'm doing it. Either my kids are nagging me the whole time, or I resent the fact that I'm using precious nap time or time while Jared's at preschool to can fruit. I'd much rather be doing something else.
Results for this year:
21 quarts peaches
52 pints applesauce
6 pints peach jam
14 quarts pears
Yay for me! Sorry, no pictures for this year. But I think I've posted pictures of my canning efforts in years past. They look the same this year. :)
5 comments:
You are amazing! This year I started canning with a friend and we cram it all in in as few days as possible. It's a lot of work! But I do love having them! I can't believe how big Jared and Maggie are! We need to see you guys soon!
Way to go! I had Josh help me do it after the kids went to be this year! It went alot better than in years past. :) I am impressed you did it by yourself!
You go girl! Maybe someday when I am a good Molly Mormon, you can teach me how to can too! Enjoy the fruits of your labors :)
You are my canning hero!
You are AMAZING! Canning is something that I have never tried my hand at yet. Growing up we always had a LARGE garden and probably over 12 fruit trees so we did all kinds of canning. But I never did it on my own and would need to really read up before I tried it. That really is a lot of hard work--especially with two young children!! And I totally understand about resenting something a bit because it takes up precious nap time. But now that it's done you have so much to show for it!
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