Before we went on our epic trip, my friend Laura and I decided to start canning the fruits of our labors from our garden... and every other fruit or vegetable that anyone would give us! It turns out that lots of people had things to donate: roughly 5 buckets full of grapes, 2 of tomatoes and 50 (might be a slight exaggeration) of apples!
Those things along with the tomatillos, corn, herbs and tomatoes from our own garden and we were able to put up quite a bit! Including tons of grape juice, tomato sauce, red and green salsa, and apple sauce! My house was a nightmare for two days, but it was so worth it and so much fun!
Our timing couldn't have been better, either. The day we started Idaho Falls had a freak blizzard. It snowed all day long!
My favorite part (besides hanging with Laura!) was using this crazy steam
juicer that Laura's grandmother let us borrow. Look at this thing!! It's
incredible! You just put the fruit into the basket, water underneath
and watch it shoot out tons of fresh and delicious fruit juice!
I
am so grateful for all of the new skills I have acquired this year in
growing my own garden and learning how to home can things. I can't wait
for next year!!
1 comment:
this is awesome. i'm so impressed.
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