Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Autumn 2007 Garden/Preservation Inventory


~ A whopping 54 quarts of applesauce and...
~ 16 jars of apple butter and...
~ 40 gallons of apple cider!
~ 6 gallon bags of diced rhubarb
~ 4 quarts of strawberry freezer jam
~ 4 gallon freezer bags of strawberries
~ 11 quart jars and 4 gallon freezer bags of tomatoes
~ 4 quart jars of pickled beets
~ 6 pint jars of dill pickles
~ 3 pint jars of dilly beans
~ 3 quart freezer bags of cut corn
~ 6 pint freezer bags of pesto
~ 3 gallon freezer bags of cut carrots
~ 20 some-odd pumpkins and gourds (see above photo)
~ 17 assorted buttercup and acorn squashes
~14 butternut squashes, 4 cut up, blanched and frozen for soup!
~ big boxes of onions, carrots, potatoes and beets
~ small box of garlic (all re-planted)

Bumper crops: apples, beets, potatoes, onions, squash, carrots
Bad year for: broccoli (deer ate starts), tomatoes (rained too much in August) and cucumbers (blasted beetles and slugs!)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Owain certainly has taken on the farmer look...can he get any cuter! Great pic, he looks might proud of his pickins:) WOW what a crop!

Catherine said...

Don't forget the pumpkin that you sent home with Jackson from our visit to your farm this weekend! We left it on the front stoop for a few days but the squirrels started in on it...so now it's safely waiting inside until Halloween. Then it will become a Jack-o-lantern!! Thanks again. :)

christina said...

wow it's like you are storing up for Y2K or something! your farm haul sounds wonderful and delicious.

Anonymous said...

Maybe a deer trap could help you solve the broccoli problem AND add a little protien to the ol' diet? Just kidding. They're so annoying and cute at the same time...

J