What are you canning now?

[jbosmith]

I guess this proooobably doesn't count as canning, but here's some sorghum I grew this year. It's my first time growing it and now I have to figure out what to do with it...

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

Applesauce!

We went to an orchard that's about an hour away from us and bought 3 bushels of apples to make applesauce and dehydrated apple chips.

 

[Cosmo spring garden]

Have you make cowboy candy with the

Tried jalapeño relish. Used quite a few jalapeño. Then, diced up another bunch placed in vinegar/water and set out to ferment.

Jalapino

Tried jalapeño relish. Used quite a few jalapeño. Then, diced up another bunch placed in vinegar/water and set out to ferment.

Have you made cowboy candy with the jalapinos?

 

[seedcorn]

@Cosmo spring garden yes. Thought about it. May yet.

 

[ducks4you]

Used 1 qt of tomatoes, then canned 5 more.

 

[ducks4you]

I just ordered one of these:

McSunley 21.5 Qt. Stainless Steel Water Bath Canner - 620 | Blain's Farm & Fleet

Get your McSunley 21.5 Qt. Stainless Steel Water Bath Canner - 620 at Blain's Farm & Fleet. Buy online, choose delivery or in-store pickup. Great prices on Water Bath Canners.

www.farmandfleet.com

The local store was out of stock, BUT, other stores in their chain has them in stock. Paid for, couldn't promise When, But I bet I have it next week.
It is DEEPER than the old spatterware that I have, and I hope that I won't get water splattered in front of my stove when I hot water bath process quarts.
I noticed that the glass lid has a small vent, too.

 

[ducks4you]

@ninnymary .
Just put up your tomatoes as usual. You can ALWAYS use them for some recipe later. We have had a VERY long warm(ish) spell this Fall. Should have had our first frost, not predicted now up to Halloween, which is Very late, so the tomatoes keep producing. I also bring in the green ones end of season and put them in bowls on my kitchen table. (We don't eat on it.) I let them riped, check for any rotten ones, and can ALL that are good, even if I have a mix of red and green, which I prefer for liquidating my beans. They STILL taste good!

 

[heirloomgal]

I guess this proooobably doesn't count as canning, but here's some sorghum I grew this year. It's my first time growing it and now I have to figure out what to do with it...

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What varieties are those?

 

[jbosmith]

What varieties are those?

The reddish one is Ba Yi Qi Grain Sorghum (Source: Great Lakes Staple Seed) and grew 7 or 8 feet tall.
The white one is (oddly?) Amber sorghum (Source: Sylvia Davatz who started Solstice Seeds) and was maybe 5 feet tall.

Sylvia also sent me Lesotho which was supposed to be the best for this area but they didn't germinate for me. I'm not entirely sure why but suspect a poorly timed moisture issue.

 

[jbosmith]

I just ordered one of these:

McSunley 21.5 Qt. Stainless Steel Water Bath Canner - 620 | Blain's Farm & Fleet

Get your McSunley 21.5 Qt. Stainless Steel Water Bath Canner - 620 at Blain's Farm & Fleet. Buy online, choose delivery or in-store pickup. Great prices on Water Bath Canners.

www.farmandfleet.com

The local store was out of stock, BUT, other stores in their chain has them in stock. Paid for, couldn't promise When, But I bet I have it next week.
It is DEEPER than the old spatterware that I have, and I hope that I won't get water splattered in front of my stove when I hot water bath process quarts.
I noticed that the glass lid has a small vent, too.

I got a similar pot this fall and it's been a nice upgrade. The glass lid is my favorite part! I also have a nice tall 23 quart presto canner that I sometimes water bath quarts in, and I just use the lid from one of the old black canners.