Hunting at the Deer Camp

I went with Dan up the the Deer camp - Log Canyon last night. It was my first time wearing Orange. It was fun. We were able to walk around with everyone. I've always liked being in the canyon. It was great to see Dan get so excited being there. Dan has a lot of memories of being up there when he was a kid.

Grandpa Dee loves being at the Deer Camp - He smiles the whole time he is there.

Here is James all ready to shoot a deer. We didn't seen any when we walked around, but when Dan and I drove up we saw 7 walking across the street.

Veldon, Dan, and James looking for the big Buck

James, Dan, Brent, Grandpa Dee and Veldon

I did it!

I did it. I made it through canning season. I didn't realize that it took that much work and alot of Sugar, Jars, lids and rings.

This is what my counter looked like for weeks. Jars, lids, bowls of fruit and veggies. They were everywhere.

I started out with Apricot Jam. Here I a so happy and excited to try something new. Little did I know it was a long process. I stood on my feet hours, for days and weeks on end and woke up with swollen feet. And this is what I looked like at the end of canning season. Not pretty. ;)

Here are the nectarines that we picked. We had 5 boxes. It took forever for me to use them up.

Here are some pictures of some of the things that I was able to do.

Jam:Apricot Pineapple Jam: 10 pints

Peach Jam: 9 pints, 1 ( 1/2 Pint)

Apple Cinn. Jam: 19 pints

Nectarine Jam: 5 pints
Pear Jam: 5 pints, 3 ( 1/2 pints)

Plum Jam: 6 pints, 3 (1/2 pints)

Juice:

* Mom helped me alot with the juice making. It's not easy and it takes forever to make it. When I did the apple juice I had to boil the apples and hand squeeze the juice out.

Grape Juice: 17 Quarts

White Grape Juice: 9 Pints

Apple Juice: 6 Quarts

Nectarine Juice: 19 Quarts

I also bottled:

Peaches : 20 Quarts / 23 Pints

Pears: 36 Pints / 1 (1/2 Pint)

Chili Base: 29 Pints / 2 (1/2 Pints)

Apple Pie Filling: 15 Pints / 15 Quarts

1 (1/2 pint)

Pickles: 7 Quarts - and neither Dan nor I like

pickles - I did them just to try them.

Stewed Tomatoes: 8 Pints

Cinn Apples: 7 Quarts/ 9 Pints

Applesauce: 17 Quarts / 14 pints/ 4 (1/2 pints)

Salsa: 8 Pints / 7 Quarts

As for the food that I froze:

Corn: 11 pint bags

Pizza Sauce: 5 pint bags

Peaches: 3 pint bags

Bananas: 3 pint bags

Grapes: 3 pint bags

Shredded Zucc:1 Quart and 2 Pint bags

Zucc. Bread: 16 Loaves

Apple Suprise Filling: 4 Quart bags

Ketchup: 3 Quarts

Zucc Slices: 5 pint bags

And of course dried food:

Apricot Leather, Apple leather, Pear, Peach, Leather, Nectarine Leather, Apple slices, and dried Nectarines and batwings.

Anyway it was fun. And now we have our food storage. ;) Thanks for all those who helped me get bottles and the fruit.

Here is my pumpkin patch. This year I planted 4 hills of pumpkins, but only 2 ended up growing. I was a little nervous to plant them some where new, but it all worked out. We ended up with 15 pumpkins. I am not sure how much they weight, because we don't have a bathroom scale, but they are too heavy to lift. I had to just roll them across the garden to move them.


I did lift one up for a picture- one of the smaller ones. I also had to pick the pumpkins by myself since Dan had to work and my Mom and Logan were busy. I set the camera up and set the timer. ;)

I just love my pumpkins and the fall. It's such a great time of year.