Canning!!

I ordered about 60 lbs of fruit from Azure Standard so I could preserve some.  I won't be able to order every month so I wanted to be able to save some for later use.  They were out of apples so I didn't get my 40 lbs. of apples.  My pears, nectarines, and peaches kept me busy.

I bought some apples so we could make pear/applesauce.  We also made a ton of pear/apply jelly from all the cores and peels.  I canned some spiced pears, nectarine jam, peach butter, apple/pear sauce, orange marmalade, and some spiced peach butter.

 Julie getting started on apples and pears.

 Camrynn made the marmalade.

 It was fun to have my three girls all working together in the kitchen.  We were joined shortly by all the Carpenter girls too. 

 Getting the marmalade cooking.

 Kiddos playing while we were working.

 Blending the apple/pear sauce.

 Getting it in the jars.

 We did the processing outside so the stove wouldn't be too crowded and because of the heat.  It worked very well.

 Part of the bounty.

 We continued for about 3-4 days doing some canning.  My pantry looks great!

It was a fun day! I can not wait to do more next year and hopefully get a pressure canner so I can do vegetables.