So we knew last week that there would be freezing temperatures this weekend. Saturday there was some of this in the afternoon:
But it was off and on and wasn’t sticking.
I was not amused to wake up Sunday to this:
Because of the impending freeze I decided to see if I could save my very green tomatoes Friday afternoon. I did pick off all the red ones first.
Before:
See the pumpkin? I’m also trying to save the peppers.
After:
I put the light in there with a 125 watt bulb hoping to keep it a little warmer. It looks like a scene from ET to me. Did you see the pumpkin in the last picture before tenting?
We also ‘gleened’ a garden by my mom’s house. By garden I mean 1.5 acres of garden and fruit trees. Also? There was an electric fence that was on. Luckily I found out it was on the hard way rather then on of my girls. (Ouch!) But this is what we came home with:
I’m going to make some apple pie filling with these. They’re a bit too tart for eating.
Decorative gourds. I love the ones that are half yellow and half green.
Peaches I’m going to dry, plums my kids have eaten so many of they’re more then a little ‘runny’. If you know what I mean.
These peppers were incredible!
More gourds and a cantaloupe!
Gourds on the bottom, butternut squash and acorn squash on the top with another cantaloupe.
These are banana squash- apparently they’re supposed to get this big?
More fruit.
Fresh corn, tomatoes and a few peppers.
Second bag of tomatoes.
25 Quarts of spaghetti sauce. I only used one bag of tomatoes. I need to do the other bag. Problem is that canning causes neglect of children. It also is very messy.
My sauce.
My kitchen was totally trashed.
WOW! That is so awesome! All of that produce made me all jealous and depressed about my patch of frozen tomatoes after the snow. I knew I should have forgone the Friday night date for a bit of garden saving.
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This is so cool! I’ve always wishes I knew how to can. My mom knows and I know she would love to teach me but we both work so much it never seems to happen… So this mom is jealous!!
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holy moly. i couldn’t be more jealous of all that fresh produce. eat something delish for me!
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First of all, holy produce truckload, batman!
Secondly, curses to winter.
Third, is it okay that my kitchen looks like that and I’ve never canned a darn thing?
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Holy crap that’s A LOT of produce!
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Yum! I can’t wait to pull that kind of thing out of my garden! (Next fall if I’m lucky!) Would you post your sauce recipe? I made some, but I want a good recipe for canning.
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wow! what a haul!
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So, by gleening do you mean stealing? (I mean, if there was an electric fence…) I think we won’t be expecting any blog posts from you for a couple of weeks. You’ll be holed up in your kitchen, Holly!!!!
I’ve never canned anything in my life. You are amazing.
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That is an amazing amount of food! Have fun eating it all! (or canning, drying and freezing it!)
That is a lot of food! Good job with the canning. Oh…my goals for next year!
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Wow, I’m impressed! I did some canning about a week and a half ago, but it was only 10 jars of pears. You put me to shame! The amount of produce you brought home was amazing. Your garden and the snow are making me miss Utah. I LOVED living there.
Holy cow! You loaded up. It all looks delicious. Winter squash are my favorite.
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That is a LOT of produce! I am way impressed with your Molly Provident Living Mormoness.
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Wowzer! Totally impressive!
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That’s awesome! I’m done with canning until I do applesauce, but if I had a haul like that I’d still be at it.
Happy Homemaking!
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Holy homemaking, Batman! I suppose I should be jealous but really…that looks like a LOT of work. If you need a good apple pie filling recipe, I have one!
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Holy cow that is a lot of food. I am sure it is going to take you a while to get it all used up. Good luck.
Oh my gosh, that’s a lot of food! It looks delish. There’s nothing better than garden-grown veggies.
Um, there’s a little bit of grass in my yard… that’s about it. haha.
By the way? Your neighborhood is gorgeous!
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Wow! What a haul!
Despite my abhorence of weeding that makes me want to garden more next year!
Apparently wrapping green tomatoes in newspaper and leaving them for awhile allows them to ripen on their own.
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Wow Amber! You’ve been busy. We’ve recently been looking into square foot gardening. It sounds awesome and looks even better!! Did you do a sf garden when you were in Vegas and did it work in this climate?
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