2018 So far this year I have preserved.....

[HoneyChild]

2 weeks ago I made bramble jelly and then used the pulp to make bramble vodka. Today I strained it and poured it into the empty vodka bottle. Tastes very nice and sweet.

[Chestnut]

Made batches of courgette/squash soup and runner bean soup for freezer. Then froze a bag of beans, so freezer is now full to capacity.
Pickled a jar full of cucumber (=2litre capacity).
Wonder if runner beans can be dried... and, more to the point, whether they are worth eating afterwards?

[Small pumpkin]

4 jars of cowboy candy.

[Small pumpkin]

4 jars of green tomato chutney.

[Small pumpkin]

Another 10 jars of cowboy candy.
11 more portions of roasted tomato sauce

[Small pumpkin]

35 little jars of chilli powder

[happyhumph]

More blanching and freezing to do tonight - french beans and huazontle. Also got some huazontle in the oven I'm attempting to dry out......

[Small pumpkin]

More cowboy candy. Another 6 jars

[Nicos]

24 litres of preserved veg.
Some in tomato and curry based sauces
The rest in tomato and wine based sauces.
2jars of cucumber relish
5jars of green tomato mincemeat
4litres of '44' ( coffee infused oranges sitting in Calvados)

[Nicos]

Oh..and 8 more kg of stewed apples from windfalls.

Been a busy week!
..and another busy one ahead!

[Small pumpkin]

16 jars of sweet chilli sauce made with padrons

[Small pumpkin]

Bob has made 3lt of elderberry vinegar today.
Well he's started it. It takes 3 days to make.

[Small pumpkin]

Another 8 jars of padron sweet chilli sauce.

[Guest]

6 jars of spicy fruity relish
6 jars of spiced pear and plum pie filling (usually mincement but Hubby can't do dried fruit anymore)
7 jars of spiced apple and ginger pie filling (bramley and worcester)

chilli jelly left to do, then I am done for this year and have space back in my freezer

[Small pumpkin]

6 jars of apple and pumpkin chutney.