Good eating but not fishing

It's late Spring and the garden crops are coming in so fishing has been put on hold for a while. This past week I spent some time pulling beets, washing them, boiling them, and then canning, pickling and freezing them. I had to jump off the beets for a few days as the snapbeans were due to be picked which was delayed an extra day by the rain. We canned some beets fresh and some of them pickled. I still have a pan full in the fridge which I will handle today. Yesterday I was up at 2 AM working on the beans which I had picked the evening before. By the time Linda got up they were already cut up and blanched and ready for pressure canning. I had 40 pounds of beans to process which yielded 21 quarts jars plus some left over which we shared with our 2 sons.

The beets, small jars fresh canned quarts jars pickled.
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Snap beans drying after washing
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21 quarts ready to store or eat
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Man pawpaw, I am not much on beets (Laikyn likes them) but those snap beans sure do look GOOD!!!

Looking good Gene....now I know where to go if I run out of food

Dwayne, you really haven't tasted good beets until you've eaten them fresh. There is no comparison between fresh and the ones you get in cans.

"G" there always room at the table for a couple more.

"gene"

Nice! Thanks for the pictures.

"There is no comparison between fresh and the ones you get in cans." is true for just about everything I have found. I can even tell a difference between fresh produce at the grocery and what I get from the garden.

I've got to agree with ya.
"gene"

I agree with Randy too pawpaw! I don't buy fish at a restaurant for the same reason. It's hard to sell someone on restaurant "fresh fish" when I grew up with a pond in my back yard and we caught our own "fresh fish". Many of you on here have done the same, I am sure.

Wow Gene....reminds me of the days when I grew up.....we grew and mother canned everything....the pickeled beets were one of my favorites.....still get them in the store now and then but no comparison to fresh as you say.....

Those beans look great. I really need to try pressure canning but I'm a little fearful. LOL

PawPaw, I'll take 4 quarts of pickled beets and a case of them beans:biggrin. Love your canning pictures and story's. Makes me remember Mom and Grandmother when I was a kid.