With the exception of applesauce, which we'll do at the farm with my parents in mid-October, I'm finished with the harvest and with processing. I didn't keep an exact count of what went into the freezer, but here's an approximate list of what we have ready for the winter.
This weekend:
- butchered three roosters; two went into the freezer
- harvested a bushel of sweet potatoes
- canned 21 quarts of spaghetti sauce and 14 pints of pizza sauce
Previously processed:
42 pints salsa
5 gallons sliced peaches
30 pints berries
2 gallons green beans
20 quarts tomatoes
3 gallons corn
2 bushels potatoes
3 bushels winter squash
What's left in the garden:
- a handful of winter squash that looked like they should grow more
- a few carrots, parsnips and beets that probably won't amount to much
- a handful of tomatoes that are mostly cracking and being eaten by slugs before I get to them
- two nice rows of fall/winter kale
- a long row of very tall, very pretty zinnias which will last until the frost
I think we're ready for winter. Let it snow!
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