Crazy canning season has come to an end and its time to add up my 2019 canning numbers!
This year was, by far, my most productive. I normally average around 500 jars. By August, it was evident that I would be easily reaching that goal, I just didn’t expect to completely blow it out of the water!
We had a wonderful garden harvest in 2019. Counting my blessings as I know there are so many out there who were not as fortunate.
Not everything I can comes from our homestead. I was able to get a great deal on a couple bushels of peaches, wonderful friends gave us grapes and apples (ours didn’t produce), and I can mushrooms when I find great deals at the store.
Canning season for me lasts all year long. However, there definitely is a busy season. July-September tend to yield the most jars canned compared to the other months of the year. There is a chance I will still can a few more jars before 2019 comes to a close but now that the busiest time is over, I feel comfortable making this Canning Numbers post!
Drum roll please…..
750 jars!
That’s just crazy town! Mike even had to put up a couple extra shelves to hold all of our canning goodness! AND I had to get more jars. Thankfully my grandma had a bunch to give me :).
Here is the rundown with all my canning numbers:
Chicken Stock: 19 pints
Beef Stock: 7 quarts, 20 pints
Venison: 7 quarts
Strawberries: 18 pints
Strawberry Syrup: 3 pints
Pineapple zucchini: 36 pints
Peaches: 28 quarts**
Pears: 10 pints
Spirited Pears: 5 pints
Applesauce: 14 quarts, 5 pints
Apple Pie Filling: 7 quarts
Strawberry Balsamic Jam: 8 1/2 pints
Currant Jelly: 12 1/2 pints
Grape Jelly: 16 1/2 pints
Plum Jelly: 9 1/2 pints
Crabapple Jelly: 11 1/2 pints
Elderberry Syrup: 52 1/2 pints
Grape Juice: 77 quarts, 10 pints
Green Beans: 63 quarts, 6 pints
Pinto Beans: 6 pints
Black Eyed Peas: 14 pints
Beets: 38 pints
Pickled Beets: 9 pints
Pasta Sauce: 27 quarts
Hamburger Dill Pickles: 8 pints
Kosher Dill Pickles: 2 quarts, 8 pints
Sandwich Pickles: 7 quarts
Tomato Sauce: 24 quarts, 17 pints
Diced Tomatoes: 5 quarts, 16 pints
Tomato Juice: 2 quarts, 3 pints
Pizza Sauce: 11 1/2 pints
Rotel-Style Tomatoes: 12 1/2 pints
Zesty Salsa: 9 pints
Black Bean and Corn Salsa: 48 pints
Vegetable Soup: 7 quarts
Carrots: 14 quarts, 20 pints
750 jars! Honestly, I was 100% ready to be done when I was still canning like crazy in October- I definitely was burned out but so glad that I got through it.
We are so blessed with a great harvest. This saves us an incredible amount of money. Between our canning shelves, our freezers (filled with our homegrown chicken, beef, and pork as well as frozen fruit/veg, and venison), and our foster cow, we are able to provide nearly all of the food for our family. I am humbled to say the least!
Of the questions/comments I get, most of them are about canning. I love to help out when able and will be spending this winter gathering a bunch of resources to help those who are looking to get into canning for your own family or just to learn more, get new recipes, etc. Stay tuned!
Need help keeping track of your own canning? Enjoy this free Canning Log printable!! Keeping track of my canning is an important step in my canning process and this handy log makes it easy.
Thank you for stopping by the homestead!
Until next time,
Melissa
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