Last of the harvest

With some light flurries falling, I pulled the last of the carrots and beets this morning. Some of the carrots we'll eat fresh, some will get given away, and I will blanch and freeze for use over the winter.

I also got the last of the strawberries in before the frost. These were a delicious treat!

Last week I pulled the tomatoes. We have five cookie sheets stack with green tomatoes. 

The ripe ones were beginning to get away from me, so I hauled out the tomato mill and made a gallon of puree. This then cooked down into just over a litre of pizza sauce, that I froze.

We also saw some long awaited progress on the garage. All that is left os some stone work and the east of the electrical work. Solar will wait until next year I guess. Along with a fence for the back yard.

The next week will see us deal with the carrots and tomatoes. And, at some point, I need to get the raspberries out of the freezer and make jam.

Garlic, tomatoes, and apples

While garage construction continues, we've been busy with fall work. The weather has been amazing with no frost yet. Jess planted garlic out front. I have a couple of other rows set aside in the back where we can put the rest of the cloves.

We've also been coping with the first rush of the tomatoes. After a tomato-salad mutiny, I ended up oven-drying two trays and then freezing them for winter use

Most of the past week has been focused on processing the apples. In addition to five jars of dried apple rings, I made a dozen jars of apple pie fixing and well as three pies (that I froze).

The rest have gone into multiple apple crisps, been eaten fresh, sauced (maybe 16 jars), and (with exhaustion nearing) been given away

Next up will be the big tomato rush over the next three weeks. I'm hopeful to make and freeze some tomato sauce as well as some fresh salsa.