Anybody home canning.

[buckeyefarmer]

That's kind of funny. There, your crop is ending and here in northern Indiana there are just now flowers on the pepper and tomato plants. Heck, we had heavy frost on Mother's day weekend. :laughing:

I just got my plants in the ground. Beans and corn are just coming up.

 

[dcyrilc]

I just got my plants in the ground. Beans and corn are just coming up.

My corn and radishes came up two weeks ago. They grew to 2" and just flat stopped. Still 2" tall. :laughing:

 

[jinman]

My corn and radishes came up two weeks ago. They grew to 2" and just flat stopped. Still 2" tall. :laughing:

Cyril, maybe you bought the wrong corn seed. You got the seed for those little ears of corn on the salad bars.:laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

We pulled winter carrots over a month ago. Nothing edible since until this weekend.... strawberries! :thumbsup: We are getting about a quart a day from a 10x10 patch. Very nice. :licking:

 

[dcyrilc]

Cyril, maybe you bought the wrong corn seed. You got the seed for those little ears of corn on the salad bars.:laughing:

I looked again tonight and they are finally growing again. Gained about an inch in the last two days. And now three leaves instead of two.

Your comment makes me laugh because two years ago we planted some store bought corn starts and planted them in the shade and poor soil. By the end of the year they were 12" tall and had a couple 1" ears.:laughing:

 

[Duffster]

Just canned 20 pints of chicken soup and 10 pints of chicken broth. :licking:

 

[Bird]

Bird, I don't grow corn because I'm just feeding raccoons. For my 4th of July "Kaboom! in Sunset" celebration, I buy from either Walmart or Target. The prices at Walmart have been mostly around 4 or 5 ears for $1, but my grandson works at a Super Target where they sell corn for $0.10 per ear. They are shipped in crates of 50 ears, so that's $5 per crate and the limit is one crate per customer. I buy one crate and he buys one crate, giving us 100 ears of corn for the cookout if needed. All that for $10 is a steal. I wouldn't even plant two rows of corn for $10, much less hoe, water, and keep the 'coons out of it.

Jim, I said before I hadn't seen corn that cheap, but I guess my nearest Walmart overstocked for the holidays because their price is 10 cents each today. We just finished blanching and freezing 20 ears.

 

[Duffster]

This afternoon's canning. :licking:

 

[Chilly807]

We've been making strawberry freezer jam the last little while. I used to do cooked jam, but I find the freezer jam has better taste.

Soon time for some relish, the store stuff is getting old fast around here.

I think we'll try some cherry-blackberry jam this year, if we can get cherries about the right time.

Sean

 

[jinman]

Nice stuff Duff!:thumbsup:

 

[Duffster]

Does anyone can in half gallon jars?

I am making a soup to can and with the volume that I make and consume half gallons would be handy.

The so called experts say not to but then Jackie Clay says she has done it for 30 years with no side effects.

 

[dmccarty]

I do what they say to do on National Center for Home Food Preservation.

They said about soups, http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_04/soups.html.

Not sure how long you would have to process a gallon of soup.

Later,
Dan

 

[sweettractors]

We have put up about 2 crates of strawberries in the freezer and 6 dozen ears of corn. Some on the ear and some cut off. Ken Sweet

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We have put up about 2 crates of strawberries in the freezer and 6 dozen ears of corn. Some on the ear and some cut off. Ken Sweet

when you cut the corn off the cob, do you line them up on the ground and use that sicle bar mower on them? :laughing:

my corn is almost ready, tomatoes soon.

 

[sweettractors]

when you cut the corn off the cob, do you line them up on the ground and use that sicle bar mower on them? :laughing:

my corn is almost ready, tomatoes soon.

No I did not, but now you have got me thinking and that ain't good Ken Sweet

 

[Duffster]

I do what they say to do on National Center for Home Food Preservation.

They said about soups, http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_04/soups.html.

Not sure how long you would have to process a gallon of soup.

Later,
Dan

Thanks for the link. It says to do soup for 75 minutes and I had been doing it for 90.

I found my old Ball Blue Book and it said to process 1/2 gallons for 20% longer than quarts.

 

[Duffster]

Big weekend of canning.

10 pts potatoes
11 qts potatoes
7 qts tomatoe juice
12 pts stewed tomatoes
10 pts mulligan stew
14 qts mulligan stew
7 half pts 57 sauce
16 pts sweet pickles
8 pts salsa
1 qt breakfast links
1 qt whole potatoes

:licking:

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Big weekend of canning.

10 pts potatoes
11 qts potatoes
7 qts tomatoe juice
12 pts stewed tomatoes
10 pts mulligan stew
14 qts mulligan stew
7 half pts 57 sauce
16 pts sweet pickles
8 pts salsa
1 qt breakfast links
1 qt whole potatoes

:licking:

Double doggone darn and then some. All we did was some bread & butter pickles, some of them with a little jalopena for an interest factor. I think it was sixteen pints and four quarts or thereabouts.

Our tail was between our legs when we were done. I bet yours was in the next county and not interested in coming back, LOL.

 

[MDM]

My talley so far:

114 quarts tomato juice
16 pints salsa
84 quarts of potatoes
16 quarts hot peppers
80 quart bags of sweet corn cut off the cob

 

[MossRoad]

Big weekend of canning.



10 pts potatoes
11 qts potatoes
7 qts tomatoe juice
12 pts stewed tomatoes
10 pts mulligan stew
14 qts mulligan stew
7 half pts 57 sauce
16 pts sweet pickles
8 pts salsa
1 qt breakfast links
1 qt whole potatoes

:licking:

Good grief! How many canners and work crews do you run? :laughing:

I canned 7 quarts of pears. It took me about 2 hours just to peel, core them and cook them. Then 10-15 minutes for steam to build up in the pressure canner, 10 minutes at 6 pounds and another 30 minutes for the pressure to drop so I can take the lid off. :confused2: