Preserving Food | Canning Ketchup, Peaches, Green Beans, and Refrigerator Pickles

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

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[@nursekayy.]

There was something about the little one climbing into the carrot bin & dad being totally okay with it that healed my inner child.

[@pugpreslar711]

You may get overwhelmed by all that you do but your commitment to your family shines through!

[@MarciPrice-cl6eq]

I can remember as a child in rural Oklahoma, all the ladies in our church got together every week to can everyone's gardens. I started gardening, canning 50 years ago., with my Granny... I can remember all of us kids, ladies, on Saturdays, sitting on porches snapping beans, cow peas..

[@Redmapleleaf113]

What a great plan that was and I'd bet it was actually a lot of fun. A couple of friends and I used to have salsa parties where we'd make and can up a lot of salsa. It was great fun.

[@stephencameron1709]

Such a beautiful harvest. I love how you all work together. Great job! Val C ❤️🙏🏻

[@melanieedmonson1480]

Cams green beans look beautiful. I'm green with envy.😂 I freeze mine too, because it's so hot in Texas and the pressure canner seems too much. Riggs is so big, such a cutie. Great video. Miss the chicken 🐔 .

[@pugpreslar711]

Love your little one getting into “helping” with the harvest!

[@jeanneamato8278]

What a lovely family. You all work together and the respect you all have for each other shows. Be easy on yourself. I hope you are feeling better.

[@cbass2755]

The canner did its job. That’s exactly what’s supposed to happen. No explosions anymore…👍🤣

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Haha yes!

[@viccimauldin9786]

Look at those boys cut up the carrots. Good job guys!! The girl also. Sorry I do not recall their names right now. You definitely have the team spirit in your family and that is wonderful. So enjoy watching your channel.

[@jenfa582]

I love the editing - it's so calming! ❤ I am definitely trying the pickles and the ketchup! 😊 Greetings from germany! 👋🏻

[@susanfreeman6350]

I can’t pinpoint what it is, but I rally love watching you preserve, and then seeing how you use that bounty. Just a few days ago, another KZbinr I love watching…Lisa from “Farmhouse on Boone,” addressed similar issues. Her comment was that we can do anything. We just can’t do everything. Both of your comments from two young, homesteading, home schooling moms are so wise. You’ve referenced that ketchup recipe before. I want to try it as well as your refrigerator pickle recipe! I love buying peaches in season and freezing a recipe’s worth of peach cobbler. When it’s cold outside, I can pull one out, thaw it, and make the topping. What a treat.

[@lindakrieger6667]

One thing that makes it possible for you to get it all done is your whole family is doing the work including your husband. Some mothers try to do it all in addition to doing the other things, home school, child care, house keeping etc. That’s awesome you can have them there to work song side of you. ❤

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Very true! I wouldn’t be able to do it alone!

[@junewrogg6137]

Always a joy to watch you and your family in action! Many blessings!

[@kathleenhughes5149]

Once again very inspiring thank you.❤️

[@emmakavanagh3485]

Love how you all work together as a team and hubby also just got on with canning to help out. You have such a beautiful home. I’d love a little smallholding in the UK, just need a few million pounds to buy one here!

[@mariasonderman5785]

Loved what you said about giving yourself grace. It is a message we need to hear more often

[@LeeZetLMG]

Thank you so much for showing and telling us that you don't do those preservations in a day and how you do it. I always feel so overwhelmed, because it's so much to do in a day and I never think I can do it and always wonder how you can do it while also taking care of your family and your homestead. You gave me the advice I sometimes need to hear (or need to hear on a daily basis ^^') to take my time and do little steps. I always think I need to tackle all at once to be successful. I really needed this reminder. THANK YOU! Btw... can you maybe show us how you made the peach butter and for what you use it? :) Thank you!!! Love watching your channel and seeing all of the family involved in doing all the things. :)

[@nancyrasmussen2016]

Wow, that hose really cleaned those carrots very well and quick. When I first got my pressure canner it had a very loud hissing sound. I called the company and she said the canner has been sitting on the shelf for some time she sent me a free brand new rubber seal. That did the trick, which I was so glad if did! Yes scary! Great harvest. Nancy from Nebraska

[@debbiee7850]

LOTS of hard work!! congratulations

[@earthzeroapothecary]

What a wonderful video, Becky. ❤❤❤

[@beelerfamilyfarm]

I’m behind on video watching because of gardening! 😂. A huge game changer for us was buying the food processor attachment for our kitchen aid mixer. So, so fast for slicing or dicing vegetables. We did our large freeze drier trays with potatoes, carrots and onions all diced, in about 30 minutes, and it’s a breeze to clean.

[@karenchaney9160]

I really enjoy your videos. It’s always family that is doing it. Thank you for taking the time to share with us

[@mrs.w5539]

Im really new to this so seeing these videos helps me so much! For dinner though.. Id just plan a slow cooker meal. No way I want to be close to the stove any longer!

[@JjJj-mx9ms]

I must have missed it. Thank you so much. I can’t believe how much your kiddos have grown, all this time I’ve been watching your channel! Your a great inspiration🥰

[@LA-mn7jr]

I love hearing you talk about time management! Thank you so much for sharing that. I have a small family and I do just a fraction of what you do. This time of year, I feel overwhelmed and often feel like a failure. I've been afraid to "break up" the canning process and try to do it all in one day.

[@mirjammclachlan2308]

Well done, good job everyone. I really enjoyed the music too. Blessings

[@amandar7719]

Yay! Congratulations!! 🎉 👶 I’ve just followed your ketchup recipe. Oh my word!!! It’s delicious!!! Made half the quantity in two batches over three days. (Slow harvest and I wanted to try a smaller batch of your recipe first). Kept first mouli sieved roasted batch in the fridge. Added it to the second batch two days later and continued from there. Used exactly 12 lbs tomatoes. I didn’t have a quality cold pressed oil on hand so roasted the onions in with a particularly large juicy batch of Romas. Then moulied. Reading your website blog, I noted your tip about counting the cloves (and only 4 compared to most recipes that call for various quantities of tablespoons), I gathered you might be as adverse to this spice as I am in recipes.… It can easily overpower all other spices in food, IMO. Anyway, given your tip, and me making half the quantity, I only used 1 whole clove in the spice bag to infuse the vinegar and rounded up the half measured whole allspice to three. Another change was the apple cider vinegar. My bottle didn’t have the acidity % label (UK). I thought about just using 1 1/2 of white wine vinegar then decided to use 1 1/4 cups white (5%) and 1/4 cup malt (5%). I have to say it’s the best tomato ketchup I’ve ever tasted! It’s soooo good that I dare not use it to make homemade BBQ sauce. Any old ketchup can do for that 😂 Unless of course our tomatoes carry on producing without catching the dreaded blight. Next time I’ll use 2 whole cloves in a half batch recipe. See if it improves the taste without overpowering. I’ll add thoughts to this comment. It’s unlikely I’ll ever get 24 lbs of ripe Romas in one go for a full batch. Thank you so much for sharing. Your spice mix is absolutely spot on! ❤ (I’m going to dilute some to make/pressure can English “baked beans”). 😃

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

So glad you liked it!

[@rebeccagraf2962]

I think an additional peice of advice you can give to us newbies is to give yourself the time to make new learning curves into habits. You have 15 years of garden experience in your pocket. I just CANNOT do all that you do simply because the knowledge has not become a seamless thought process yet. My spring did not go as planned and I had to scale way back my hopes and expectations to basically one goal for the year. Then I can still feel satisfied with what I did accomplish because I did something new but was able to integrate last years experience! Your chanel.helps keep me motivated because of all you share! Thank you. ❤

[@mariaallevato6121]

The peaches looked amazing!

[@iamirene]

God bless your wonderful family! ❤❤❤

[@AussieTracy]

Another lovely video to watch. We love home made tomato sauce (ketchup for Americans) and there is no going back to store bought once you have a good recipe.

[@nicoler9522]

I love that you mention feeling overwhelmed. I often wondered about that when I watched your videos. I know that you've dealt with depression and it's amazing what you accomplish in a day. I often struggle with getting out into the garden or picking and preserving what I grow. I want so badly to be able to grow food for my family but with depression, it's very hard.

[@Bea90451]

Hi. Wow !! Ihr seid eine super Familie !! Grüße aus Bayern 🌞 🍀 👋

[@D4ni3773]

Thanks for sharing! Great video!

[@cindivanbibber933]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you sharing your life, bumps in life and all. You inspire me with your words of love as well as your instruction. The way you do things in your life shows the rest of us that we can do this in our lives too. Thank you for sharing with us your goodness and wholesome life! Doing videos like this take a lot of time, but thank you!!!

[@catracampolieto8989]

Always enjoy your videos. The baby sure does like carrots.

[@samanthafitch952]

Your family is just amazing! I swear you’re living the life I’ve always dreamt of! Continued blessings with your harvest 🙏🏻that sweet baby boy is just jumping right with everyone and living and learning 🙏🏻great parenting

[@carriealexander-lagrange2630]

One of the things I do as a meditation type activity is to watch your videos. I love gardening, and I feel a peacefulness in your presentations. Thank you for all that you do.

[@sabburahsuhail]

This is one of my favorite. Do much value and benefits from your work. Thank so much

[@julieabehling]

Always an inspiration - thank you!!

[@farmer-red488]

Ketchup is on my new to me canning project this year!

[@erinnelson255]

I love your videos so much! I definitely don’t binge watch them while nursing the baby 😂 Keep up the great work! It’s keeping me motivated to keep up with my garden even with the little.

[@carolwhisenhunt7504]

You're amazingng! Ypu make it look so easy. Looks like you had good help.

[@gillgallon9631]

a fANTASTIC VIDEO, AND YOU ARE,JUST LIKE WONDER WOMEN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING

[@auntiepam5649]

Beautiful peaches.

[@venicelopena1954]

Miss your pigs and cows. Hows the orchard? Do you have many fruits and berries this year?

[@PLD244]

I really enjoy your videos. I'm going to make the dill pickles today! Thanks for sharing!

[@dhawk766]

Very inspiring video. Thank you for the encouragement at the end. I needed the reminder today.

[@alishabohnert776]

Great video! I decided to try your refrigerator pickle recipe today. I'll let you know how it turns out!

[@annemariecollard723]

Make peach skin pie. Boil the skins with sugar and it is great. A Amish lady showed me how to make it my children just loved it. 5:57 6:01

[@blossomjoseph184]

❤❤❤ I always enjoy your channel ❤

[@rachelgalus]

Ketchup is definitely the last thing on my list for preserving, even though we eat a lot of it. If I meet my other tomato product goals, maybe I’ll try it in a year or two.

[@joannak4640]

Gosh, I enjoy you, your family's and your channel so much ❤️ You are all doing such a fantastic job!! Little Riggs in the carrots made me literally laugh out loud 😂 I really hope you try those cucumber chips one day that I saw Living traditions do one year. Slice them semi thin and sprinkle Azures organic ranch, dill or Italian dressing on them and freeze dry 👍😊

[@staceybert1975]

When I watch your video, it's like I'm watching a well produced show on Magnolia , Barefoot Conressa, or Martha Stewart

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Thanks! That’s a high compliment!

[@nallen1833]

You are such an inspiration. I am trying to garden more - the preserving part seems scary and I don’t know where to start. Have you made a cookbook with all the recipes that you use?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Thanks! No cookbook yet, but I share all my recipes on my blog www.theseasonalhomestead.com/recipe-index/

[@ioanagherman5952]

Canning is not easy, but if your family help is so fun,I remember when we all step in and canning together ( grandma, mom,me and even grandpa), for blackberry and mushrooms we go in the woods, vegetables from our garden and from farmers market, and we don't have that many gadgets like now.

[@emese_p]

I'd love a video on the fall planning, I hope you can do it :)) I've just canned peaches last week and I don't have as many tomatoes as you do, but I freeze all of my tomatoes from my Heinz variety tomato bushes and will do some ketchup at the end of the season, I'll definitely try this recipe! I have plums, apples and pears to can this week, I'm planning on preparing some jam from the pears, oven baked jam from the plums and apple compote :)

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

I'll be doing a KZbin short video on what I am planting and planning to grow for fall :)

[@joliedawn4009]

“He thought he was doing a great job” 😅😅😅

[@meme7591]

You know the discard from the tomatoes when you were making ketchup. You can boil that so that you can get tomato juice out of that. And you just strain that. Also if you make homemade salsa instead of continuing to cook until it reduces down. Take that juice out and can it and you'll be able to have a nice spicy tomato juice to cook with with like for example rice or soups

[@badwolf_gtv7725]

can also dry the skins and stuff out than grind into tomato powder too

[@rainedavis9117]

I made that mistake this year with peaches to. It was not a freestone at all. It was not fun.

[@SvetlanaOkhrimenko]

Put individual garlic cloves in water for 10 minutes, and they will peel easier. :)

[@ReadingwithMrsInlow]

You are so amazing. 😊

[@monicagarreau8741]

Lovely video as always. Do you have a recipe for the peach butter? Picking up Missouri Boot Heel peaches this week! 😊

[@SemiWholisticHomestead]

How long have you had your orchard? I’m nervous we don’t plant enough trees if it takes them years to fruit 🙈 any advice is appreciated 🫶

[@foodsgoodfarm2429]

you are such an inspiration! not only growing the food, but preserving and utilizing as well :) just wondering if you adjust the salt in the brine to compensate for the salt on the cucumbers? and do you drain the liquid that gets pulled from the cukes?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

I have the recipe in the description. We do not use any salt in the vinegar mixture. We salt the cucumbers then drain, no rinse. All that salt is enough to flavor everything :)

[@amandar7719]

Hi Becky. Another beautifully presented and engaging video. Thank you so much. Really look forward to your updates and tips. I’m definitely going to blanch carrots after washing to store in the fridge. Some homesteaders store carrots washed, unblanched and whole in the fridge but mine just go floppy after a week. Which is odd because store bought carrots keep much longer in the fridge than my home grown do. Anyway, I’ll try chopping and blanching ….. how long do they keep this way?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Thank you! We store them in the fridge as-is no blanching. They need to be stored in a bag and green tops chopped off similar to store. We poke one hole in the bag for venting. They store 3 months like this. You can see the carrots in the refrigerator when I put in the refrigerator dill pickles to store. The blanching was only done because we were freeze drying. Sorry for the confusion!

[@amandar7719]

@@TheSeasonalHomestead Thank you Becky. 😊

[@greenrockgarden2851]

😅I did the same thing with my peaches. They look awful canned, because I butchered them trying to get the pits out. That’s okay, because they were canned for peach cobbler.

[@annemariecollard723]

Save the skins, boil them with sugar and make pie with them. My children love peach skin pie.

[@JacquelynSpies]

I love your gardening apron, the one that opens on the bottom to drop the produce in a basket below. Do you mind sharing where you got that? Thank you!

[@annemariecollard723]

Add a zink pill to each bottle and the beans will stay green. We also are always short of zink. 9:46

[@jeanbrooks1617]

Can you please share your modifications for the Ball ketchup? I am facing a 32 foot wall of paste tomatoes in my greenhouse and really would like to finally eliminate store bought ketsup from our diet too Thank you for your lovely videos. Jean Colorado USA

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

www.theseasonalhomestead.com/ketchup-for-canning/

[@emiliegate2018]

What are you spraying on the peeled peaches? Also, how much of a gap do you leave at the top of the jar /syrup before water bathing them?

[@JuliaLisArt]

What is that 'hip thing' you both wear when carrying Rigs?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Tush baby hip carrier. My brother and his wife gave it to us. We love it. Especially since my babies don't like to be in one spot for long. It's easy to put him on it and take him off.

[@cherylpresleigh6403]

I was hoping you’d share your recipe of the pickles and ketchup! Thank you. Do you participate in the #every bit counts challenge that Jessica from Three Rivers Homestead does. I’m not sure I’ll be able to do something everyday but I’m going to do what I’m able. Thanks for the video!

[@cathydavis9259]

Please, please, please tell me where you found that extra-large jar lifter for your water bath canner? I had one but the movers lost ours on one of our job transfers. I have looked everywhere.

[@ML-vo2id]

I'm sorry I'm not sure if you already have been asked this question but what kinda of pickles are you using and where do you purchase from?

[@JjJj-mx9ms]

Would you post your ketchup recipe, Please and Thanks💕

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

It’s listed in the video description but here is a direct link for you ☺️ www.theseasonalhomestead.com/ketchup-for-canning/

[@09echols]

❤❤❤

[@sksee882002]

Any farm animals like chicken, cow, sheep, goat ?😊

[@jessicaproulx7228]

Please let me know how your freeze dried carrots turn out. When I free dried mine I really didnt like the taste of them..

[@terrisylvester7870]

How long does the dill pickle last in the refrigerator

[@mgirl7515]

What do you use for a sauce maker. You mentioned you run the peach skins through a sauce maker. Which product do you use for that?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

It's linked in the video description :)

[@kathyperticarini6276]

Do you have to sterilize the jars first fir the peaches

[@annielambert6906]

do you water canning or do pressure them?

[@lindaland5160]

I wonder do you by any chance care to share your ketchup recipe??

[@nickyb.9588]

🎉🎉🎉🎉can u tell me what brand of oven u have.pleaaaaseeeeee😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@rmbaird]

What are you spraying your peaches with?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Lemon juice so they don’t turn brown

[@jfrederick1222]

What variety of tomatoes did you use for your Ketchup?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Mostly Roma and some Amish paste

[@nancyrasmussen2016]

What kind of green beans do you plant?Nancy from Nebraska

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Jade green beans

[@ourmodernhomestead2974]

Can you share the ketchup recipe? I don't like the ball recipe.

[@hollyhancock2319]

I am that new canner who is petrified of not doing it right. All of my canning materials are in storage because I'm so scared

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

You can do it!! Try water-bath first. Pickles are an easy first canning project.

[@Ma-yo5nf]

Hello 👋 Could you share your ketchup recipe with me? I've been making my own preserves this year and have tried two different recipes, but I'm not completely satisfied with the taste. 😔

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Yes! You can find it here www.theseasonalhomestead.com/ketchup-for-canning/

[@Ma-yo5nf]

@@TheSeasonalHomestead thank you so much!! 🍅

[@jeanneamato8278]

Do you have solar as if it do you plan on it to save electricity ?

[@ohiofarmgirl3384]

Is it safe for me to halve the recipe for the ketchup? Fourteen half pints is a lot for us. Thanks!

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Yes! It can be halved.

[@deeatwood4048]

get him an electrical pressure canner

[@TrinkyG]

Where did you get your large metal mixing bowl from?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

I got it from the Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Oklahoma. I think they sell similar online at restaurant supply stores.

[@TrinkyG]

@@TheSeasonalHomestead thank you so much!

[@cathyscreationandvlog4224]

Can you put tomato sauce in carbon steel? I only put tomato sauce once in my cast iron and it look like it ate the coating on the side of the cast iron

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

Tomato sauce will remove the natural coating. Lemon juice will remove it too. I think it’s just any acid. I learned that the hard way 😅

[@lisapop5219]

Does anyone know what brand cookware she had that had lead?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

It was Corning Corelle Abundance.

[@lisapop5219]

@@TheSeasonalHomestead thank you!

[@andreahood5582]

Thank you for asking. I use my mom’s and will be getting rid of those

[@andreahood5582]

I have the casserole dishes also. Do we know if those had it too?

[@andreahood5582]

Nevermind I found the info. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@kimfrankwatson4688]

what's the ketchup recipe

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

It’s linked in the video description

[@pastorpdsmith]

Where is the Amish Store?

[@TheSeasonalHomestead]

The Kuntry Store. Stotts city, MO

[@pastorpdsmith]

Thanks Becky! You guys are awesome!