We made a trip into Rest. Depot in Atlanta before we left town on Monday ~
we bought carrots, onions, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, split peas, tomato sauce, ground beef, pork loins, and frozen shrimp!
The vegetables will be either canned or dehydrated. I started with the carrots ~ so far I've canned 16 quarts, 7 pints, and 7 half pints. Plus I've got the dehydrator going and have got 8 trays drying carrots ~ these will be good rehydrated and used in soups or stews. My hands are orangey tinted. Oh, if you're trying to figure out how many carrots that is ~ its 50 pounds. And I am not finished yet, just ran out of "steam".
Here are some pictures of the carrots & updates of the garden pictures!
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| Carrots to make Bugs Bunny jealous! |
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| 1st 12 quarts |
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| full dehydrator ~ I've already emptied and refilled 3 shelves |
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| my experiment crop ~ haha, more carrots! |
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| green beans with their new fence |
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| right now the fence is Oreo proof! |
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| Greg has dubbed this end of the yard ~ Jackson Vineyards! |
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| Peaches |
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| 2nd ripe strawberry! |
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| healthy tomato plant |
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| corn plants |
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| more like a pool, less like a pond |
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| pretty pink rose |
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| bush full of blueberries |
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| Amy's gecko |
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| heirloom tomato seedlings ~ ready for bigger pots! |
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Hi Donna,
ReplyDeleteYour plants are looking fantastic. I am really enjoying your carrot preservation numbers. 50 lbs so far, wow!!! How can you tell when the carrots are done dehydrating? Do they have to be hard as a rock? I pinned your strawberry tower, it's awesome. Thanks for sharing.
So jealous of your garden - still to cold at night to get ours going yet. Things look great, and you deserve a long massage after processing all those carrots!
ReplyDeleteFound you on My Simple Country Living - would love to have you over for a visit!
They are looking nice Donna, I love your little plants, still to cold yet here for us to plant them./
ReplyDeleteEverything looks great! I really hope I get the chance to can some carrots this year. I love them for soups and to add to roasts! YUM :)
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about your shopping at Restaraunt Depot. I would love to go there. We have one locally, but their website states that you can only shop there with proof that you're a licensed re-seller (like that you own a restaurant). Is yours different?
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! We have a business license, so we can get into Rest. Depot. Officially our business is catering ~ we do church dinners for our church. We would eventually like to branch out but haven't figured all that out yet.
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