Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Preservation Wrap Up 2017

I feel like this might not be complete and I know I've got a few projects to wrap up, but I want to get this recorded before I lose my paper full of scribbles!

Frozen

Rhubarb  2 gallons
Strawberries, whole 4 quarts
Strawberries, sliced in sugar 7 pints
Mulberries  8 gallons
Blackcaps  4 quarts
Cherries 1 gallon, 6 pints
Blueberries 2 quarts
Green Beans 18 bags
Swiss Chard 6 bags, 1 large bag
Kale 22 bags
Mixed Green 7 bags
Beets 11 bags
Corn 4 bags
Roasted Vegetables 5 large, 16 pint containers
Chopped Jalapenos 6 3/4 c. bags
Garden Marinara 4 quarts
Vegetable Bisque Base 3 large containers
Pesto 19 small containers
Zucchini Butter 5 containers (meal sized portions)
Shredded Zucchini 14 bags


Canned

Applesauce 52 quarts, 1 pint
Strawberry sauce 6 pints
Peaches 14 quarts
Queen Anne's Lace Jelly with Currants 5 half pints
Mulberry Jam 4 pints, 13 half pints
Brown Butter Banana Butter 6 half pints
Apple Butter 5 12 oz jars
Corn Cob Syrup 4 pints
Peach Syrup 2 quarts, 7 pints
Diced Tomatoes 26 quarts, 1 pint
Garden Marinara 8 quarts
Enchilada Sauce 7 pints
Pizza Sauce 13 pints
Tomato juice/water 16 quarts
Tomato Soup 14 quarts
Tomato Chutney 9 pints
Tomato BBQ Sauce 20 pints
Roasted Corn Salsa 20 quarts, 8 pints
Tomato Salsa 9 quarts
Fiesta Corn Relish 6 pints
Dill Pickles 18 quarts
Bread and Butter Pickles 14 quarts
Garlic Scapes 3 pints
Chicken Stock 5 super concentrated quarts, many other quarts

Garlic Bulbs 88
Maple Syrup 12 quarts (from bulk buy)
Dehydrated Apples 1.5 quarts
Dehydrated Cherry Tomatoes  3 quarts


We are basically done with our grass fed beef from 3 years ago and will most likely buy a quarter or half from Wundrows in the coming months.  We purchased 1/2 a pig from Ibelings after fair and are quickly making our way through it.  We purchased a lamb from Knutsens in the spring and are slowly making our way through it :)  It is stronger flavored and also pricier so we are spreading it out.  The meat chickens did well this year and are disappearing all too quickly.  The 5 new layers started laying, but then stopped so they are a disappointment so far as they've been here since May and we've gotten only a few dozen if we are lucky.  The 2 year old girls molted and also stopped laying so we are basically eggless right now.  Kelby is eating duck eggs from Wundrows and other friends.  Milk still comes from Wundrows, honey from the neighbor on 140 and most of the produce is from our own gardens.  It was a late, but productive tomato year for us.  We got apples from Marcee, our tree and Aunt Betty, strawberries from our patch and Wundrows, Peaches from Michigan through Kauffmans.  Syrup still from Troy, but may need to price other places as he is getting higher and gave us less for the higher price this year.  Have a bunch of squashes and pumpkins that are partially cooked and partially waiting to be cooked.  They were bought at Aldi and at the 4 way stop in Clinton.  Potatoes did terrible in the ground this year and will be back in a raised bed for sure!  All in all it has been a good year and our freezers and shelves are very full!