It was fair week.
There were lots of things to can.
Today, my husband harvested our squash.
Oh boy, that means it's almost Fall!
For our community fair, my parents, for the last two years, have come to visit us. This was the first year that my parents stayed with us now that we have our guest room.
My plan was to can pickled beets with my Mom, but because our tomatoes did better than we thought, we also canned salsa and made ketchup! (If you ever find yourself with an extra half bushel of tomatoes that you don't know what to do with, you need to make ketchup. It is a lot of tomatoes to cook down, but it is so worth it.) We ended up with nine pints of ketchup.
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| My Mom crankin' the tomatoes through our tomatopress. |
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| Cinnamon sticks, celery seed, cloves and all spice for the ketchup. |
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| The set up; canning ketchup. |
At the fair, I won a blue ribbon for my oat bread (second year in a row!) My arrangement in a teapot and our snapdragons also got first place. I had entered the crochet-along afghan I made, but it didn't place. I was surprised however to find another crochet-along afghan on display! I don't know the lady, but that was fun to see.
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| Blue ribbon oat bread! |
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| My market basket got 2nd place. |
Today, my husband harvested our winter squash. He said that "there wasn't a whole lot." I went out and inspected for myself...
I would beg to differ. <3
2 comments:
Why you do not stick brand in cans. In my place, farmers who sell food products in the package should include the identity of the product and the expiration date. Otherwise, the product may not be sold or will be subject to penalties.
The cans don't have labels because I'm not selling them. They are being stored for us to eat during the Winter.
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