Wordless Wednesday

Guess what I did over the weekend!

Stocking Up

Last week I showed you the five quarts of green beans I canned. This past weekend I was busy storing up some more summer goodness for the winter.

12 pints of green beans ( you can also see the dill pickles in there too)

2 pints of tomato sauce

cups of green peppers - frozen

1 cup jalapeno peppers - frozen

3 cups banana peppers - frozen


This adds to the 3 pints of peas I froze a few weeks ago and the 16 pints of dill pickles. My goal this weekend is to make both sweet pickles and bread and butter pickles (probably 8 pints each). I'll let you know how it goes.

I will also do a tutorial the next time I make tomato sauce. It really isn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Green Beans

I canned, in a pressure canner, and did not blow anything up! I had enough green beans to process 7 quarts (a canner full) so I gave it a try last night. Boy was I nervous, so I waited until the girls were in bed and safe.
Here's the canner at work. It really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Just follow the directions and keep an eye on the pressure.

Here is the end result. Only six of the jars sealed so we will just have the unsealed jar for dinner one night this week. I probably have another 7 quarts to snap and can so I may do that tonight, it only took about an hour and a half (not including snapping the beans) from start to finish.