Zep 0 #1 September 1, 2007 Just finishing up on canning 25 quarts, tomorrow I'm going to start on the conserves, at least 10 quarts. This season has been funny weather wise a sudden cold snap has meant some are taking to long to ripen so they will go for green tomato chutney. Any of you do your own canning. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #2 September 1, 2007 Had so many tomatos cropping up on my garden's one tomato vine I could not eat them all. Took to paring and freezing them instead of canning. Canning takes too long. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #3 September 1, 2007 My mom is the the one who does all the canning in the family. I used to help her when I was younger.Now I think it is much easier to open the UPS box that she send me then do it myself. TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #4 September 1, 2007 I freeze as many as I can, but I've enough tomato's to fill a good size freezer, hence canning less space needed. You know you don't have to par tomato's to freeze them, I wash/dry place them on a rack in the freezer an when they are frozen, bag them. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #5 September 1, 2007 Quote Just finishing up on canning 25 quarts, tomorrow I'm going to start on the conserves, at least 10 quarts. This season has been funny weather wise a sudden cold snap has meant some are taking to long to ripen so they will go for green tomato chutney. Any of you do your own canning. My tomatoes have been taking a long time to ripen too, due to a rather chilly August. What I've been doing is when they start to ripen and turn yellowish-orange, I've been pulling them off the vine and putting them in a cardboard box with a lid. I've kept it in a cool area of my house. So far, they've been ripening like CRAZY in the box. I pull off 2 or 3 every few days and put them in there. Every 4 days or so, I have 2 or 3 that are ripe. Granted they're not nearly as "sweet" as they are ripened off the vine but they're still pretty tasty!'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #6 September 2, 2007 Most of my tomato crop was devastated by the four days of torrential rain and strong winds, some were measured well above 70mph. If I had to guess about the wind speed of the very first burst, I would say it was around 80mph. Today I will pick whatever is left and ripened, the ground is strewn with rotten smashed tomatos, that were just about ready when the storm hit. So far I was only able to can two dozen jars of home made pasta sauce. I usually get at least seven dozen quarts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #7 September 2, 2007 Quote I freeze as many as I can, but I've enough tomato's to fill a good size freezer, hence canning less space needed. You know you don't have to par tomato's to freeze them, I wash/dry place them on a rack in the freezer an when they are frozen, bag them. Yep and canning works better than freezing when there is no electricty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acensky 0 #8 September 4, 2007 I canned 22 pounds of Cucumbers and 10 pounds of tomatos while I was up in Medicine Hat last week. I have already opened one can of the cucumbers. They were yummy. I think canning is fun. gets the family involved. we had a great production line going. HeatherGarbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
