Author: Maggie Turner

Autumn is always a busy time at Mist Cottage. The canning projects are beginning to slow down, still garden peppers and cabbages to can, those aren’t big projects. I am considering pressure canning onions, Dilly Onions, as they require too much acid for my taste when canned in the steam canner. This will depend on… Continue reading October

When I can produce harvested from our garden, the projects are relatively small, usually involving one load of jars in the canner. But when produce is purchased by the bushel, or half bushel, or quarter bushel, the project looms large. Today was one of those days where canning loomed large. Ontario Gala apples were on… Continue reading Applesauce!

The weekends are hectic and intense with garden harvest, and food preservation. The first few days after the weekend, while Attila is at work, I slowly put our living space back together, reigning in the chaos. When we are busy, every available horizontal space is used, the bed has canning jars in boxes, the table… Continue reading Food, Glorious Food

Saturday, September 9, 2023 We did not can last Tuesday evening, Attila and I were just too tired from the busy weekend. After work on Wednesday six jars of pickled peppers were canned. On Thursday twenty meals worth of pesto, using our garden basil, were made, packaged, and frozen. And now another busy harvest season… Continue reading What we did on our summer vacation.

We decided not to make pesto last night. Attila was worn out, the humidex yesterday reached at least 44C, probably higher, and he worked all day in that heat. He checked the basil in the garden, and decided it would keep for another day or so, no urgency to get the project done immediately. Instead,… Continue reading Stinkers