Finished With The Garden ...

November 12, 2016

One last visit to the garden for this year ...

All the beets were pulled out of the ground ...

cleaned ... cooked and peeled ...

The beets were ready to be cut up into pieces ...

and put into the jars to be processed ...

These are the last of the tomatoes to be preserved ...

Today the tomatoes were going to be diced ...

using my handy ... dandy ... dicer ...

The diced tomatoes were put into a pot and cooked for a few minutes ...

then ladled into hot jars ... and placed in a water bath this time ...

for processing ...

While working in the garden earlier ...

the green and purple Kale ... was also picked ...

brought in ... washed and torn into pieces ...

then placed on the trays for the dehydrator ...

It only took a few hours for the Kale to dry ...

Finished canned diced tomatoes ...

perfect for soups and sauces ...

The dried vegetables in the canning jars ... were also vacuumed sealed ...

using the FoodSaver attachment for canning jars ...

All these canned goods ...

were ready to be taken down to the cold room ...

and put on the pantry shelves ...

 

Well ... I do believe I am finished with processing the produce ...

from my garden ...

Just in time to start my ...

Christmas baking ... !!!