We have been the happy recipients of cherries! Lots of cherries! We have processed at least 50kg (110lbs) of cherries in the last few days. My fingers are an awful…
Preserving
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Today I preserved spinach from my garden. Last fall I planted Tyee spinach and it survived the winter. It was such a successful experiment that I plan on doing it…
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Canning pears is a labour of love. It is by far the most time consuming of my canning projects. I do it because we love to eat home canned pears,…
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As a child, I have distinct recollections of eating canned pears that were preserved by my mother. Sweet, soft and totally irresistible. I am always amazed how food can affect emotions…
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Today is the Autumnal Equinox and it marks the first day of Fall. Cooling weather, falling leaves and the sweet smell of autumn make me rush to finish up projects…
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To most, pressure canning seems like a dangerous and complicated task. Something like detonating a series of fireworks without getting singed. There are stories that feed the fear of pressure canning.…
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Around this time last year we were hard at work picking and pressing apples to make apple cider. With the recent passing of my Hubby’s grandmother our apple picking plans…
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In my perfect preserving world, everything I’d preserve would be organic, locally grown and cheap (or free). Living in the North makes it difficult to get certain fruit locally, never mind organic…
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This past weekend we went to the local u-pick and scrounged up 4 lbs of raspberries. The bushes were pretty picked over by the time we arrived. Some deep bush diving was…
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I waffled on this one. I wanted to preserve cherries, Sweetpea got sick so I didn’t want to anymore, then I came across some beautiful Okanagan cherries at the farmers’…
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