Or maybe a good time to start taking note. Last year Shaun and I had our first garden together and I wound up with the desire to learn how to home can our produce. I canned tomatoes, salsa and lime pickles that Shaun loves. I never expected that he would have opened our last jar of pickles this year in May! As many as I felt I made and canned last year it looked like to me they would have lasted us the rest of our lives! Which led me to wonder just how many jars I made. I really have no clue.
This year I have started a home canning journal to keep log of what I have canned and how many jars I have made. So next year I will know long they have lasted us and know how many cucumber plants to grow next year. This year from the 3 plants that we have I am on my sixth batch and each batch uses 7 pounds of cucumbers. That doesn't include the cukes that we have given away to friends or eaten.
In conclusion, journals are great for keeping record of more than just daily stuff. Love it!
Seriously, you are too good!
ReplyDeleteWhat is the secret with your cukes, ours have not done well the last two years! One year I made tons of pickles, and couldn't find enough people to take them off my hands. No so the last few- they produce at first, and then die out... I can't believe you are getting that many from so few plants!
Love your blog- I used to blog so much more, but kind of hit a slump!
Don't know the secret really except last year and this year both our gardens were carved out of new ground where a garden has never been before. We've planted late cukes too so it looks like I could be canning pickles for a while! Let me know if you want a batch to make something with!
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