Sauerkraut it one of Larry's favorites. I've never canned it before because I was a little intimidated by the whole fermenting thing in a crock. I received a few jars from a friend and it was so good that I thought I would give it a try. I shredded two large heads of cabbage.
Added one teaspoon each of sugar, salt and white vinegar to each quart jar. Pint jar I only added 1/2 t. of each per jar.

I then filled each jar with boiling water.

The directions said to put the lids and rings on, but not to tighten them. The cabbage will ferment for 10 days and then I will need to hot water bath them for 10 minutes. I hope they turn out, because we have 38 jars!!! We will be blessed with a lot of sauerkraut for awhile, and my hubby will be happy. :)

~Kim

This is what happens when you ask your husband to bring up all the dried beans in the pantry. I was busy for 9 hours today canning 39 quarts of beans. It was a long day, but it will be so nice to be able to pop open a can, add some browned ground beef and tomatoes and make a big pot of chili.

Great day overall!!

Kim

Schooling and Canning and Field trips, Oh My!!!

This is what I've been feeling the last three weeks since school is in full swing.
As you can see, Noah takes school very seriously with freeze pop in hand. He really like his reading books and he's doing such a great job!!
Joshua is also doing well. He and I are up at 6 each morning working to get all of his home school work completed before he goes to the Christian School for Math and English. He really likes having all his subjects finished by noon.

Benjamin is enjoying his school work and is learning so much. He's fun to have because he laughs at everything. He enjoys his reading books so much because of the true to life stories.

Canning apple pie filling for this winter has taken a lot of time. We are so glad when one jar doesn't seal and then we have a good excuse to sample our labors!! :)

We attended the Civil War Days at Camp Clay with the other home school families and had a wonderful time. The boys made their own butter.......

attempted to write with quills and were so thankful they have pencils to use each day during school.

The boys all agreed that this will be Daniel's next welding project. They really, really wanted to stay for supper at this man's tent!!!

The Muzzle loader demonstration was a favorite for the boys. They really enjoy the guns.

Joshua, Benjamin and Noah all tried their hand at the toys the Indian children would have played with many years ago.

The copper smith was very interesting. He shared how he made copper bowls, coffee pots and pans. He also gave each teacher a whistle!! A wise man not to give any to the children. :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Kim

Red Raspberry Jam......A favorite around this house.

Larry and Erika picked these beutiful raspberries for me yesterday. I was able to fill nine peanut butter jars and nine jelly jars with flavorful freezer jam.

I really enjoy canning and putting away for the winter. I'm so grateful to have a garden and raspberry patch. I love being a homemaker for my family.

Kim

Canning Green Breans

After a week of fun at camp it was time to come home to rows of green beans that needed to be picked. The boys and I picked and now we have 30 jars of green beans on the pantry shelves.

Kim