[Augie]

It was another week of 'feels like October' here in Central Missouri. We got a couple small rain showers, but not enough to get the creeks flowing again.

I put the long weekend to good use. I side-dressed the sweet corn and tilled that in. The plants are close to knee-high already so that will be the last time I can fit the tiller between the rows. Made it around the pond dam and the kitchen garden with the weed whacker, mowed the yard, and did a few minor chores in the barn, but mostly I had the cannery fired up.

I picked ~3/4 bushel of pole beans, and had about that many more already popped in the fridge. Wound up with 21qts. The butternut squash in this pic weighed 5.5lbs.

I know, I said I was done canning tomatoes. Until I wasn't. A friend gave us a sack of eggplant, and Mrs. Augie still had some summer squash that hadn't been shredded and there were fresh bell peppers ready to pick, so I just had to make a batch of ratatouille. Now I'm done canning tomatoes. I've lost count of how many jars I've processed this summer, but I'm well on the north side of 200 at this point.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Great progress! I’ve been canning all day. And will be for another week to come.

I’ll do a tally when I’m done. It won’t top yours, but it’s still a good feeling to have all that food stashed. :)

[MomwithHope]

That looks a lot like what my Dad called “tomato mix”. He said he invented it in the 1950’s. I still make it with garden leftovers. Very versatile.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Augie, thats a good job, and a lot of work! Two hundred jars should just about get you through a year of dinners! (Assuming leftovers!)

(Why do we call it Canning if we use Jars??? :)