Final tally is in...

[Brad H.]

Had a good year in the garden, despite yet another drought year. Finally finished up the last of my canning. My final tally is:

30 quarts salsa
10 quarts bread and butter pickles
16 quarts pickled beans
9 quarts pickled jalapeños
11 quarts sliced pepperocini peppers
15 quarts dill pickles

I also have 70 lbs of cabbage fermenting in the sauerkraut crocks. Should be ready to can up in a month or so.

It's been a lot of work but the pantry is stocked! Now it's time to pull plants and till up the garden before the snow flies.

[mitrapline]

Wow "bhag", that's quite a stock pile you got there. Good stuff from top to bottom of that list. Question: How much money do you think you saved on the "30 quarts of salsa" as opposed to going to grocery for them? Answer: A BUNCH!!! Karma for all of your hard work and results with the harvest ;D.

[Jack of all Trapping]

Wow!!! Awesome job. That would last me years. How many do you feed with those numbers?

[Brad H.]

Oct 7, 2013 17:30:03 GMT -5 Jack of all Trapping said:

Wow!!! Awesome job. That would last me years. How many do you feed with those numbers?

My kids (I have two) are addicted to anything pickled so it doesn't last long. A lot of salsa gets given away as gifts, or used in recipes. This is by far the most I have ever done so we will see if it makes it until spring. I actually had a really bad tomato year or it would have been a lot more. I'm kinda thankful now I only had what I had.

[nytrapper23]

Nice job.my first year canning and here is my tally.

18 jars salsa
16 jars bread and butter pickles
10 jars of apple pie filling
7 jars of dill pickles
3 jars of dilly beans
3 jars of pickled beets
3 jars of carrots

[Brad H.]

Oct 8, 2013 18:41:57 GMT -5 nytrapper23 said:

Nice job.my first year canning and here is my tally.

18 jars salsa
16 jars bread and butter pickles
10 jars of apple pie filling
7 jars of dill pickles
3 jars of dilly beans
3 jars of pickled beets
3 jars of carrots

Nice job. Karma sent. ;D

[patricimo54]

Awesome! Nothing like home grown food storage ;D

[histopicker]

I have been canning most of my life and am pleased to see others doing it. I try to keep two years of food storage on hand but had to use much of it over the last few years. Because of this I grew a substantial garden this year. Besides selling a lot of veggies at the Farmers market here is a tally of what I canned this season.
150 quarts of tomatoes.
100 pints of pickled beets.
100 pints pickled jalapenos.
50 pints blackberry jam.
24 pints of jalapeno jelly.
24 quarts carrots.
24 pints green beans.
24 pints bread and butter pickles.
In addition to these I froze up 500+ lbs wild hog.
Lots of bell peppers and Anaheim peppers.
40-50 lbs of catfish.
Dry storage got about 400 onions, around 50 lbs of winter squash and my tangerines and lemons are just now getting ripe.

Now I am going to pack it all up and move back to Utah and start trapping again.

I know I have missed something here but I can't figure out what it is.

By the way, this is my first post and have to say I really am enjoying this forum. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge.

[clamup]

bhag149: can I ask how you did your 11 quarts sliced pepperoncini peppers??? thank you

[Brad H.]

Sure, here is the recipe. You can either sliced them, or slit the whole pepper so the brine can get inside the pepper. Personally i like them better sliced. Also, you have to let these sit for at least a month before the flavor gets where it should be.

2 cups white vinegar
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Bring to a boil and pour over peppers. Be sure to pack them in tight because they will shrink after they have the hot liquid poured on top. Also, I do not water bath these as it makes the peppers lose their crispiness. I just pour the hot liquid and put a hot lid on top and screw it down. They will seal themselves after they sit for a bit.

[cbcs66]

8-)sure wish we were neighbors
I luv ta grow it , but cannin, puts it in the bank ;D

[clamup]

Thanks very much!!!!!!!!!! Next year! I eat them on every thing!!!!!