Autumn's Promise

Whew...what a season. Some people have a count of how many jars of what they have put up, I just put em up. I can try to recall...

I am sure there were at least 80 jars of pickles that I put up (some used as bartering stock for my Chelan goods).
A couple dozen each of green beans and pickled beans.
Some 8 or so jars of delightful plum jam that is as beautiful as it is tasty (can't wait to top brie with it for those Christmas parties),
3 cases of apple sauce, plus the sauce I helped a friend with.
At least 12 pints of tomatoes and 12 quarts, too
We tried ketchup...a couple of brave friends and I...I love it, the fam doesn't.
Travis froze 50 ears of corn on the cob
We have a a fair share of berries of all types
spicy chow chow
lots of frozen peppers before I found a new favorite....
candied jalapenos! ( thanks to my new friend Dodi for her recipe)
dehydrated apples (Thanks, Hanias)
fruit leather
and the clincher....(drum roll, please).......

174 jars of Salsa!
It was great, we converted the October House at Pheasant Fields to our own rustic cannery, complete with propane burners and a trusty Cuisinart! It was Dodi and Merle, Lisa Marie, and I...oh yeah, Nikki dropped in once in a while to be our taster. It took us 9 long hours for the red and another 6 for the green salsa...but, it was a blast! I am now the proud owner of about 5 cases of salsa! I love it!

I entitled this Autumn's Promise because of all those tiring hours of prepping and sowing and weeding and watering and weeding and weeding....the seeds planted held true to their promise and we have abundance people!