This is our first year ever having a garden. We grew many different things, but ended up with loads and loads of tomatoes. What better way to use up tomatoes than to make a nice garden salsa?! We grew all the peppers and things to go in it as well, but our onions didn't produce anything so we had to buy those at the store.
After much chopping and dicing, it finally started to look like the real thing!
And here are the fruits (vegetables) of our labors - haha. In my research about making salsa, I ended up finding too much scary information on canning your own salsa and that it can be very dangerous - even deadly if it doesn't have the right level of acidity or canned in a pressure canner. I didn't want to get or give anyone else botulism so we just ate it all. That's right - all 10 jars!! It helped that we had the Stewart family reunion at the time and were able to take chips and salsa to many-o-gatherings! I would call it a success and definitely do it again now that I have my pressure canner that I will be able to safely can and store it.
Chad's big undertaking this summer has been our back deck. After many many LONG hours of labor - he has delivered! Haha. We appreciate all the hard work he has done and I was so glad to get my husband back and no longer be a single mother!
This is our first year ever having a garden. We grew many different things, but ended up with loads and loads of tomatoes. What better way to use up tomatoes than to make a nice garden salsa?! We grew all the peppers and things to go in it as well, but our onions didn't produce anything so we had to buy those at the store.
After much chopping and dicing, it finally started to look like the real thing!
And here are the fruits (vegetables) of our labors - haha. In my research about making salsa, I ended up finding too much scary information on canning your own salsa and that it can be very dangerous - even deadly if it doesn't have the right level of acidity or canned in a pressure canner. I didn't want to get or give anyone else botulism so we just ate it all. That's right - all 10 jars!! It helped that we had the Stewart family reunion at the time and were able to take chips and salsa to many-o-gatherings! I would call it a success and definitely do it again now that I have my pressure canner that I will be able to safely can and store it.
Chad's big undertaking this summer has been our back deck. After many many LONG hours of labor - he has delivered! Haha. We appreciate all the hard work he has done and I was so glad to get my husband back and no longer be a single mother!
1 comment:
I will attest to the delicious salsa...so good that the bottle you gave us was gone very quickly.
I am very impressed. Canning is one of those 'talent's' I didn't seem to inherit from my mom. (So much work!)
Chad really did a beautiful job on your deck...Quite an accomplishment. Hopefully all of you can now just relax on it and enjoy all his labors for many years.
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