Late Summer Preserving...
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In February our vegetable garden was producing more than what we could eat fresh at one point so I froze some vegetables and canned the rest.
I love the feeling of preparing for the winter in late summer when the weather is still beautiful but you can slowly start to see the autumn approaching, the garden is slowing down a little, and everyone feels like a break from the heat.
I grew up with my Dad, Grandads and Uncles all having vegetable gardens so it is quite normal for me to want to have my own as well and hopefully pass on to our sons the value of growing your own food.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am fascinated with War Time Victory gardens and so it gives me an extra incentive if you will to have my own garden knowing all the women that have gone before me in hard times and worked in their own vegetable gardens, raised hens and cooked and baked from scratch. I know not all of that era of history is peachy and perfect, however, I know how my own Nanas and Great Grandmothers lived and so a part of me wants to remember them in the way I live.
I know they were all good living Christian women and worked hard to support their families in this way.
Green beans packed and frozen.
Courgettes ( Zucchini ) salted and resting for a couple of hours to be turned into pickled bread and butter courgettes.
Beetroot pickled to add some flavour and colour to winter lunches. My mum used to bottle many many jars of beetroot when we were kids, I don't know how she did it all!
Early pears that were falling but not ready to eat were made into a spicy chutney which goes lovely with a sharp cheese.
As you can see I use whatever jars I have to hand whether they are pretty or not. I used to spend ages removing all the old labels but now I don't have time for that and who sees them in the pantry anyway?
In my next post I'll share with you our autumn preserving!
Have a great week and keep warm!
Blessings to you,
Fiona
"Go to the ant, O sluggard, observe her ways and be wise, which having no chief, officer or ruler, prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provision in the harvest." Proverbs 6:6-8
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