My first
day of canning went great! I started small scale (no bushels yet)!
What I hadn't anticipated or read about was how incredibly long it
takes that giant pot of water to boil. After a while I decided that
the old saying, “a watched pot never boils” MUST be true and I
walked out of the kitchen.
I loved
filling those jars with peaches and then with a batch of tomatoes. I
had such a great feeling about preparing my family for the future. I
got my peaches and tomatoes from the farmer's market since my little
garden has about played itself out. Travis (my hunky hubby) brought
home another five pounds of tomatoes today. I think I may work on
some homemade pasta sauce for my next canning project – oh, and
strawberry jam is on the list too!
My kids
were captivated by the entire process. I think we've all started an
exciting new chapter in our lives!
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“Let us be in a position so we are able to not
only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others
as well.”
— Ezra Taft Benson
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