About Me

Two years ago I quit my job of 20 years to remarry, move and become a "farm wife". For the most part, I am now a stay at home mom (with the exception of a few temp. odd jobs and sub teaching here and there).

As of the 2007 school year, we are now a homeschooling family.

We also farm. Our farms include a large garden, haying, horses, cows, geese, chickens, ducks, rabbits, 2 stocked ponds, small vinyard and an orchard.

We live at the main farm (the one with the animals) and our other farm is currently growing hay, nuts and firewood to harvest this fall.
In the spring we will be adding sheep, pigs and turkeys.

We have 5 daughters, (including 2 sets of twins) 3 who are still at home.

I love to camp, travel, garden, fish, bake, do needlework, sew, genelogy and ride horses. One of my favorite places to travel to is Northern Indiana (LaGrange county), where I have Amish cousins and to learn about my ancestors.

My goal is to help this family stay on track financially and to stay out of debt, other than our mortgage.

canning

November 20th, 2006 at 10:12 am

Got 4 bushels of Missouri apples. I have now made applesause, apple jelly and next I will make and can apple pie filling. Can't think of anything else I can do with them--they are not juicey enough for juice or cider. I am wasting nothing-First I make the jelly with the juice, then rice them for applesauce. That leaves only the stems and seeds, which are goign to compost.

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6 Responses to “canning”

PRICEPLUS Says:
November 20th, 2006 at 10:21 am

Sounds like nothing is going to waste. Do you make apple butter? I haven't had apple butter myself in dogs years! Composting what is left over is a great idea!
tinapbeana Says:
November 20th, 2006 at 10:32 am

i wonder if you can make pomander balls with apples? i've seen it done with oranges before, might be worth looking into...
janH Says:
November 20th, 2006 at 10:36 am

Years ago, I remember seeing some "apple people" made with shriveled apples for heads. Made them look wrinkled. Good grief.... What you remember!
3 Things About Money Says:
November 20th, 2006 at 10:45 am

Apple butter is great especially if you have a slow cooker, just boil away for 2 days. With cinammon in it, it is the most wonderful spread for toast in the morning. Not to mention a great gift. I've also made Christmas pomanders with cloves stuck into the apple very tightly and a ribbon. Have fun with the sauce...
baselle Says:
November 20th, 2006 at 08:24 pm

Second the apple butter idea - it takes a lot of apples to make a decent amount of apple butter. Another thought is cinnamon apple slices. You might want to try apple chutneys
nanamom Says:
November 20th, 2006 at 08:27 pm

How about dried apples? I am also partial to apple butter. I make mine with a bit of apricot or peach nectar.

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