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July 14, 2004
Harvest Time
Yesterday I put up one quart of peaches for peach preserves. It turned out good, and this time it came out firm. I used one quart of peaches, which were over ripe, and already peeled. I peel them more easily by tossing them into boiling water for about 2 minutes, then I scoop them out into a bowl and douse with cold water. 
Then I boiled them with 1/4 cup water & 3 cups sugar. I used a spaghetti
jar, I forget which brand, but they are Atlas Mason Canning Jars which can be re-used for canning. With the color in which the preserves turned out one would think I had put up spaghetti sauce! Anyway later that evening I went and picked the rest of the peaches since I dont want them to be over ripe so I can slice them for putting up to freeze. If they are slice worthy I will be able to put them in cobbler & peaches, if not then more jam.
Today I picked a lot of the peaches of the back yard peach trees. The others came from the front yard peach tree. This fall we are going to have to drastically trim up the trees, since they are a bit on the wild side. We need to get rid of the bugs that have been slowly taking over the peach trees. This year there was sticky stuff all over the peaches that come from the back yard trees. I forget what causes that. The front yard tree had a lot of worms in them, but I noticed if you catch them before they turn ripe a lot of them were worm-less.
So anyhow we have a lot of work to do in getting the trees in tip top shape. Will have to do research.
Comments (2)
Chari:Mmmm peaches. I love fresh peaches that have been tree ripened. Looks yummy Jess. Love your crock in the background too!
Sigh....we live too far apart!
Posted by Chari | July 16, 2004 1:46 AM
Posted on July 16, 2004 01:46
Jessica:Thanks Chari!
We are both country folk through and through huh ;) Well if we never meet in this system, then theres always the next!! =))
The butter churn is actually one of the very few family heirlooms that we have. It was on Brian's grandfather side. It was his mother and/or grandmother's churn. We have the actual paddle somewhere....it has a little x on the bottom of a small broomstick looking pole.
Brian turned one on the lathe for me, its a small one made out of oak. I love the look of it, and its an older fashion being a solid square at the bottom. Thats the wooden handle in the picture.
Posted by Jessica | July 16, 2004 2:37 PM
Posted on July 16, 2004 14:37
