Harvest has brought its bounty once again.
So far:
Sugar free Strawberry jam was made with inexpensive and I mean INEXPENSIVE YUMMY strawberries- Four flats worth!
I picked about 7 gallons of (free) apricots, thanks to my friend Trisha's generosity and beautiful trees. This picking produced pints of nectar for juice and another flavor (my favorite!) of sugar free jam.
A few weeks back Macey's was hosting a Guinness Book of World Record banana display. They ended up victorious by 18 boxes but had millions of banana's to get rid of. Score one for the Perkins clan! At $8.50 for a 48lb box, I went to town drying, freezing and chocolate dipping this fresh little treat just in time for winter!
Today I put up 18 quarts of beautiful marmalade orange sliced peaches (with only two old bottle fatalities), and four pints. I love the look of peaches perfectly positioned behind a glass jar with a golden ring a top. Hoping to make a delectable peach pie tomorrow. I have yet to attempt such a feat!
Next up- tomatoes and hopefully some salsa Verde. Canning is so much sweeter in the new kitchen. I feel so spoiled. How ever did I manage such domestic work without modern ease?
Without perfect loving care in tending to weeds and watering the last 4 weeks, the garden has seemed to flourish. Pumpkin, Crookneck, Zucchini, Banana and our family favorite- Spaghetti, are the many colors of squash that we will be consuming in the coming weeks.
Fall is in the air ...and on the table!
Who could not appreciate such a feast from mother Earth?
You've got me beat! I haven't done anything with bananas this year! Would love to get your sugarfree jam recipes. AND what are orange maramalade peaches? I must have that recipe! Tried a new spaghetti sauce recipe that is delish and made jalapeno jelly for gifts.
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