2015 Canning and Freezing Report

Here's the summary of what we canned in 2015.   I've probably left a couple of things out but you get the general idea.   Also, I've put in quantities of fruit plus the canned yield so you can get an idea of how far a bushel will go, etc.  I've updated the Canning page [tab above so I can keep a record of the 2016 season.   I'm excited to get this season going.

February:

• Carrots:  7 quarts. [pressure canned].  Great for carrot cake!

March:

• Maple Syrup:   8 pts

June:

• Strawberries - 1 flat [2 gallons] Reeves in Worthingon/Freedom: frozen

July:

• Peaches [Freedom Country Store]:  2 bushels
• Plain peach jam for cookie/pie fillings:  2 batches
• Spiced peach jam with brown sugar
• Peach Chutney: 2 batches
• Peach pie filling:  38 quarts total [Spiced 7, Peach Raspberry Vanilla 20, Peach Plum Vanilla  11]
• Froze several bags full - store flat to freeze.
• Blueberries [Freedom Country Store]:  1 box, 10 lbs - frozen
• Sour Cherries [Freedom Country Store]:  1 box, 10 lbs:  11 quarts pie filling
• NOTE:  Make this after the mixed berry pie filling in the same pot for better color.
• Sweet Cherries [Freedom Country Store]: 3 boxes, 20 lbs each:  
• Sweet Cherry Vanilla jam:  7 batches
• Sweet Cherry Chutney: 3 batches
• Mixed Berries for Amy [Freedom Country Store]:  1 flat  red raspberries, 1 flat black raspberries
• pie filling 11 quarts
• mixed berry freezer jam with instant clear jel:  6.5 pints

August: 

• Tomatoes:  2 boxes [from Reeves in Worthington.  $10 / 25 lb box]: 28 quarts
• Tomasqua from garden produce:  7 quarts 
• Green beans:  from the garden.   I swear we froze a million bags of them.  OK, probably closer to 8-10 gallons.   Way a lot. 

September:

• Apples: 1 bushel Gala = 22 quarts pie filling
• Apples:  1/2 bushel Gala, 1/2 bushel Honeycrisp = 24 quarts apple slices in light syrup. 
• Red Raspberries:  1 1/2 flats [1 1/2 gallons] from Freedom Country Store, discounted for age 
• 3 quarts pie filling
• 3 large batches jam: 12 pints

October:

• Beans, dry off the vine:  Almost 3 quarts total, mixed.   
• The Kentucky wonder beans were FABULOUS to hull and came right out of the shells easily.   I shelled those, plus some Freshette hybrids [a pain to hull], plus a few dragon tongues, plus a few long beans.  And they're pretty!  Great reason not to feel pressure to harvest them all green for the freezer or canner.

I'm so looking forward to this year!