What are You Putting up for Later Use?

drcook wrote:
My wife froze 6 dozen ears of corn. She blanches it and then cuts it off the cob and freezes it. There is a local farm that got the luck of the draw and their dirt grows the best sweet corn in our county. We also have folks coming in from surrounding counties to that farm.

We are also going to do crab apple jelly. The birds sat on the old horse fence from when we had a couple horses and started some crab apple trees. We have one that tastes similar to a Gala, one similar to a Red Delicious and one close to a Yellow Delicious. The crab apples are around the diameter of a quarter or a little bigger. They make wonder jelly. We tried it last year and it came out great.

We still have blueberries and sour cherries left from last year. We have a couple orchards close to us and we buy in bulk and freeze.

I still have blueberries from last summer too! Spent some hours at a PYO farm while dodging the rain in the area we camped at. Gosh they freeze well. My sister's house is in a former orchard and we, 2 city grrls, are trying to figure out how to care for the apple trees still there. On the bright side this year the trees gave off fruit for the first time in 8 years but she's been ill for most of the growing season so this harvest will be a loss. Despite this generation being born and raised in the city we seem to have inherited out great-grandparents' love for the land:).
For various reasons I'm a perimeter shopper and it's reflected in how I cook and store foods. So for me putting up 15 lbs of peppers is a nice relaxing way of spending a Saturday. And I know 15 lbs is a good number cause the first year I put up 10 and the produce only lasted till March, LOL. The only item I can on a regular basis is tomato products and then I follow my sister's lead; she knows how to can and has the equipment-I don't. Makes for a nice visit though. 4 generations get together are all busy and laughing.