Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> On 2017-08-30 17:05:15 +0000, songbird said:
>
>> last night picked the first round of
>> tomatoes and got them in the jars and
>> processed.
>>
>> at first i thought it was going to be
>> only 12 quarts, but it ended up being 16.
>>
>> all sealed up, dated and ready to be
>> put in the pantry.
>
> That's a lot of jars from one picking. Holy crow. How many plants do
> you have?

14 plants this year (last year we had a lot
more - i talked Ma into downsizing). we usually
average about 10qts per plant by the end of the
season. i think this year it may be less than
that, but we'll see, there's still tomatoes
on the plants and warm weather to come. could
use some rain.

i looked back in the records to see how many
quarts i did at the most in a single day i think
it was about 39.

been busy picking beans and getting them
shelled out and the red peppers probably need
picking again. i've put a lot of roasted
red peppers in the freezer this year. yum!

i'm glad we also downsized on the squash
plantings. last year i picked five wheel
barrows full of squash (and had to put up many
of them). this year i'll be happy to only
pick a dozen or two.

how are you doing this year?


songbird