Best Tips for BUSY Preservation Days & the Harvest
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Join us for today’s episode of the Pantry Chat! We’re both back in the Harvest Kitchen and today we’re talking about our tips for a …
What plum jam recipe do you use? I have a basketful and have never tried to do anything with them lol.
I'm not sure what your plum tree is called my Grandma called ours i prune tree i think but I'm about positive for my description it's the one I grew up with in my yard. Also I do believe that Korean BBQ marinade is made with a plum sauce base 😋. If you'd like to give that a go. It's one of my favorite meat dishes to cook.🤤
Completed our first pressure canning session last night thanks to you guys… where can I get the hat Josh is wearing??
I am so grateful for the two of you! You add so very much to our community! So much! Your knowledge and skills are invaluable to us! Bless you, both, and your family!
Not trying sound like a broken record – but I would love to see Josh do a video, or talk about it on Pantry Chat – but clarify "Systems" and how one wraps their head around them – you two talk about systems all the time, but clarify "Systems" and how one implements them – so when planning a "System" one knows the bullet points or main things one needs to consider in planning. I think sometimes systems are confused with routines, etc too. Then how to integrate multiple systems seamlessly.
Best memories from my childhood and teenage years – canning weekends with my grandmother and aunt! Spot on with your encouragement to include children.
OMG Josh your wife stays more beautiful; even in fatigued pregnancy, than my best day ever had! Your homesteading lifestyle serves you well and it shows. Thank you for being so involved even in the busiest of days. Gratitude.
May I please ask approximately how old each of you are?
My best friend and I had a huge apple harvest and she was very pregnant. So we sat and visited together to get the day started then as we were processing I did all the standing and prepping jars as she kept peeling and cutting for apple pie filling( your recipe Carolyn!) We worked all day like that and split the rewards! We hot to visit, she got to stay seated and all the work still got done!!
So, are you saying that you are "plum out of energy?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💚💚💚
You're right, preserving is the toughest part. I'm exhausted, and can't wait for the rest that winter will bring, even though I'm sad that the nice weather is on the way out.
For the plums…there is a cake recipe from the 70s or 80s that was made with plum baby food. When I had an abundance of plums a couple of years ago, I just pureed the plums I cooked on the stove and used the puree to make the cake. It was my husband's favorite. I made it in a loaf pan, like a quick bread. Delicious.
I had a huge harvest of big fat cucumbers that seemed to get big over night. I put them in brine in my 6 gallon crock. My brine has turned cloudy. How do I know if they are still good? Then what to do with that many if they are still good. Kinda trying to have a big barrel of pickles like you get at Disneyland.
Show us a picture of the plums. It does sound like a small Italian plum
I love your suggestion about fermenting as things come in at small amounts! I’ve been doing that with my pickling cucumbers. I get concerned though when I see the kahm yeast developing on the top. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks!❤️
June/July starts our harvest and we are just wrapping up veggies. Only a few plants for fresh produce remain. Finished bagging chicken and just waiting on my husband to bring home venison before I can put the canner away for a bit.
I'm sorry, this question doesn't have any think to do with your topic. Can i put pig poo in my compost pile. I herd you can't. Help
QUESTION ABOUT CANNING: My canner recommendation is to cook at 11 lbs, but my stove only wants to cook over or under. Is it okay to can at 12 or 13 lbs or do I have to start over? Having to sit and every minute or two adjust the heat to maintain 11lbs exactly leaves me not willing to can as often because I don't have that amount of time to spare most days to just stare at the pressure gauge. And yeah it's a 15lb weight on the top. I have to use that one until I can get a 10lb weight.
The idea of having your kids help and the word picture of kids with plum jelly reminds me of a day when my twins were between 1-2 and they wanted to help me as I was making 10 apple pies. So….I gave them the job of taking the peelings into the kitchen trash. I was sitting on the couch while working and once I got all the apples peeled, cored and sliced I took everything back to the kitchen to make the pies.
Throughout the rest of the day I began to find apple peels everywhere. The funniest was when I’d open bedroom doors and find them stuffed under the doors. Thank goodness we had linoleum in the house and just needed a hood mopping. Now it is a fond memory!
Freeze dried plums yum
Brooks maybe?
It's easy to think you'll never use all the crop but then you may have a bad year or two. Never know.
Good advice; thanks for sharing! Many blessings to your family 🤗❤️🇨🇦
It’s true that it’s a bonding experience. My son has helped me plan, design and build my garden. We dug the fence, built the beds, planted and harvested together. My daughter helps with preserving since she’s not really a green thumb. We’ve learned loads together and they talk to their friends about it.
Sounds like the plum tree I have. Mount Royal Plum
Your description sounds like, perhaps a Damson "Farleigh" or an Opal Plum. European plum.
I have not heard that. What I do know is, they pay for their moving expenses. The families get to travel and live in different places, reduction on many things including buying a house. Seems they have more benefits than civilians do.
I just cannot thank you enough for your videos. Gardening and urban farming in Western Washington used to be my life, a rhythm I was comfortable with. Starting over in Montana has been a little tough. I thought I was good at this (I'm not bad) but it is surprisingly different here. So, again, thanks!
Debs in Troy, Montana
BBB has a lot of complaints on the freeze dryers since 2020 issues hit. I'd like one, but I've read too many horror stories now.
Awww I guess I
Missed the baby news! 🎉🎉 congratulations
Do you make a savory plum sauce.
Hearing about everything on your plate always motivates me. I have 2 kids 2 and under and am 4 months pregnant with my 3rd. We live a couple east of you so our climates are similar and harvest hits around the same time. So just as I'm getting discouraged with preserving ALL the food, getting the garden ready for winter, etc, I see you doing the exact same thing- also pregnant- and I feel like I can do this! Thank you 🙂 What helps get me through is remembering what has to be preserved right now vs what can sit in storage, stay in the garden, or be frozen until i am ready. I have bags of tomatoes and fruit in the freezer, waiting to be preserved while I deal with the massive amount of corn I'm bringing in (that I never thought would ripen lol). My root veggies could be harvested but I'm leaving them until it gets colder. One thing at a time!
How do you control weevil infestations in your stored grains for chicken feed? I have issues just trying to keep 2-4 months supply on hand. My dog food even had some strange beetles in it. I stopped ordering from chewy because of it.
I really enjoy your videos, I do have a question re: your membership, I belong to the silver membership and was wondering how can I join the gold membership and if what I already paid will go torward the gold membership. Thanks
I am so very glad you talked about pulling your children into these homesteading work/tasks. The self-esteem (not ego) I developed being raised on a small family farm cannot be understated. I always felt so much pride that I helped wash and snap green beans, garlic, corn, potatoes, et al. I started when I was two years old…and I put one potato into the bushel at a time…and that was okay. It's great exercise, creates learning opportunities, and helps bond family members and children and their food sources. It creates a sense of gratitude as well. When you eat a casserole, you know exactly how much work it was to make that cheese/cream, harvest/clean/prep vegetables, butcher/pluck/prepp chicken and then putt it all together. It doesn't matter if the casserole only took 20 minutes to prepare and 45 minutes to cook…there are hours and hours into getting those ingredients ready. So important to really understand that impact. You're either paying the price of the food with your time and energy OR you're working at a job and paying someone else to do it….but there is a huge cost of resources involved. Always.
We are trying to buy land for our homestead. I am keeping in mind about what you said buying your animal feed in advance to get ahead of Inflation. Can you tell me how much feed per animal,(pigs and chicken), for a year starting out with feeder pigs and baby chicks? A round about figure of course. I haven’t farmed in years and I can’t remember at all. And I have never done chickens.
I wish I had your problem with plums🤣
When I hear plum I think of prune plums back in Germany which is leading me to thoughts of prune streusel 😋
I would LOVE to see a full preservation day for y’all because I could definitely use that motivation and encouragement. We’ve been overwhelmed with fresh produce from our own garden and community farmers and I’ve been in the kitchen every day nearly all day for two weeks. 😅
Can you freeze dry plums?
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