A New Growing Season

Today starts the beginning of preserving at our house with three gallons of strawberries being placed into the freezer. Just in time, too. We were down to our last quart!

Sadly, this means that the list on my side bar must be erased and started fresh. I know it's silly, but I loved seeing all of my labors listed right there, reminding me of God's bounty and our hard work. I'm exhausted just thinking about trying to do all of that again!

And so, for posterity, last year's list:

18 cups Cooked Pumpkin 8 half-pints Pineapple Habanero Jelly 4 quarts frozen Butternut Squash 7 pints frozen Butternut Squash 13 1/2 c. portions frozen Butternut Squash 4 half-pints Vanilla Pear Jam 4 half-pints unsweetened Spiced Vanilla Pear Jam 9 half-pints Spiced Vanilla Pear Jam 42 individual portions of Pear/Assorted fruit Fruit Leather 31 pints Diced Pears 9 half-pints Pear Honey 9 pints Caramel Spice Pear Butter 29 half-pints Caramel Spice Pear Butter 66 quarts Pear halves 3 pounds Carrots, dehydrated 5 ears Corn, dehydrated 5 lbs. dried black beans 17 pounds Roma tomatoes, dehydrated 24 pounds assorted tomatoes, sliced and dehydrated 71 pounds pears, dehydrated 55 pounds apples, dehydrated 52 Stoplight Peppers, dehydrated 7 half- pints Blueberry-Lime Jam 7 half-pints Cherry Love Jam 7 half- pints Spiced Rum Peach Jam 8 half-pints Cherry Jam 9 half-pints Strawberry Pineapple Jam 15 half-pints Blackberry Jam 15 half-pints Habanero Gold Jelly 16 half-pints Cherry Habanero Jelly 16 half-pints Strawberry-Lemon Marmalade 17 half-pints Blueberry Jam 16 half-pints Peach Jam 19 half-pints Triple Berry Jam 19 half-pints Strawberry Jalapeno Jam 2 gallons Blueberries, frozen 3 gallons Strawberries, frozen 38 half-pints Strawberry Jam 3.5 gallons Blackberries, frozen 3 quarts and 20 pints Dill Pickles 5 quarts and 8 pints Volcano Pickles 7 pints Beets 7 pints Apple Wedges in Cinnamon Red Hot Syrup 5 quarts and 7 pints Tomato Sauce 15 quarts Applesauce 7 quarts Peaches 2 quarts and 1 pint diced Tomatoes 4 quarts and 14 pints Pickled Cauliflower Medley 11 quarts Spaghetti Sauce 14 quarts and 1 pint Tomato Juice 27 quarts and 1 pint Mixed Fruit 36 half-pints Banana Peppers 74 pints Salsa 55 quarts Sweet Corn 61 quarts Green Beans