Gardening and Cooking~ How to freeze Mulberries

First I weigh them

I just picked so many mulberries today. I want to turn them into pie and jam. I will put some in the refrigerator for the pie, but for the jam I'm going to freeze them. The reason I freeze them instead of making jam is because I don't want to heat up the house, I'll wait until its cold out and heat up the house.


What I use to clean them

The first thing I do is clean the mulberries. I use white vinegar and water. I use enough water to over the berries and add about 2-3 tablespoons of vinegar.

 

Then into water and cover them

I put the Mulberries into the water and left them there for about 5-10 minutes. This helps clean and kill anything that is one them.

 

                                     

Drain them

Then I drain them a little at a time and let them sit for a few minutes. I let them sit because I want as much water off them that I can get.

Put onto cookie sheet

After they are drained, I place them on a cookie sheet this lets them freeze and not be stuck together. This helps measure them, or take a few out.

 

Into freezer

Into the freezer they go. I will leave them in there for about 4 hours.

After that they go into a huge freezer bag and will be in our freezer until the weather is cold outside and I have time to make jam. Plus they can be used for smoothies and pies. The aren't stuck together so it will be easy to just take out what is need.
What do you do with your fruit? Do you make jam right away?

To see how I harvest this Mulberries check out Gardening~ How to harvest Mulberries !

Daily Goals~ Saturday, June 22, 2013



One of Our Mulberry Trees

Good Morning, Sorry I have been MIA, life has been crazy. Here is what going on here a lot of rain, we got over 6 inch in the last week, and now it is so hot. I am going ito surgery on Wednesday and planning a wedding with no money. Life been crazy.

Todays Goals
1. Work on blog and facebook ~ I haven't been showing alot into them, so if i want to be the best I have to do my best!
2. Gardening~ I want to harvest the fruit off the mulberry tree today. We have 2-3 trees in our back yard. 1 on each side and one mixed in with the other.
3. Gardening ~ I want to work on my flowers on the side of the property. I have so may to plant and they are looking to happy so i need to get them in the ground asap.
4 Family~ I want to help everyone out and put the pool up. Everyone wants it but we haven't had time to get it up. So it will be a nice suprise for everyone when the get home.
5. Pets~ I need to clean chicken coop and hoping my legs stop hurting so I can take the dog for a walk.

What are your plans this weekend?

Look At All the Fruit! MMMmmm

Daily Goals~ Friday, June 14, 2013

Today I want to get  my house chores done and then tae the weekend off, I have a week and half off in the next two months but have to put in the days to have that off. That means monday until the mid of July. So I'll be busy and with my surgery in two weeks, I don't know how I will be feeling.

Today's Goals
1. Workout~ Today I want to hit the gym. Hubby off and we are going to work on our arms and back. I love having him there because he pushes me.
2. Family~ I have my newphew today
3.Gardening~ Weed and plant my watermeon area. I also want to get so yellow squash seeds into the ground.
4. Walk~ Today I want to walk the dog and take my daughter and newphew with me. I found a mulbury tree that is read to be picked!
5. Dog~ Skips has a et appointment today.

Yesterday Goals
1. Work- I work from 8am-6pm.- Done, end up staying later because we had to get a baby rabbit out of her house. It was crazy, rabbits go fast.
2. Write a Post about my awesome Giant deal.- This deal was awesome. I made out making $3.30. I will go back this weekend and do it a couple more times! - Didn't get to do this we lost power, my whole day was off.
3.Clean- I want to focus on putting away the wash. I have over 3 basket filled of clean wash. - Iended up thin dinner didn't look good and we went out and ran erros and picked up hoagies. Didn't get home until 9:30pm. What a long day!
4. Pick up my little one- I get her back from her father tonight at 9pm, I can't wait. I miss her so much.- Done shome with us this week
5. Cooking - Make pretzel with the little ones. - I forgot the yeast at my house. Monday project.... LOL

Yesterday, I didn't do well with my goals. Losing power, just put me off for the whole day. Oh well today is a new day. What are your goals?

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Daily Goals- Thursday, June 13, 2013

Storms Coming

Good Morning, the storm looks like it could be a bad one. Please be careful today. How was you day yesterday. This week hasn't been my week and I'm glad it is over. This weekend we have some fun thing we want to do. But today we are going to focus on Father's Day. What are you doing for the awesome men in your life?

Today's Goals
1. Work- I work from 8am-6pm.
2. Write a Post about my awesome Giant deal.- This deal was awesome. I made out making $3.30. I will go back this weekend and do it a couple more times!
3.Clean- I want to focus on putting away the wash. I have over 3 basket filled of clean wash.
4. Pick up my little one- I get her back from her father tonight at 9pm, I can't wait. I miss her so much.
5. Cooking - Make pretzel with the little ones.

Yesterday's Goals
1. Work~ I work from 8am-6pm - Done, I have been getting out a little early everyday this week. Its nice.
2. Couponing~ I haven't be doing to good on couponing. I have been spending more time in the garden and not leaving the house on Sundays. Today though i want to check out Giant deal. -Giant deal worked! I will post it today. All I have to say is I got paid $3.30 To shop at the Giant!
3. Workout ~ I want to make it to the gym by 6:15 so I can get a 30 min workout in. - I made it to the gym! I only had a 25 minute workout but getting there better each time.
4. Prep tomorrow's dinner~ we are doing a crock pot meal tomorrow so I would like to have it prepped.- Dinner is made and one is in the freezer! I love having meal in the freezer ready.
5. Look up smoothie recipes~ I only eating a coffee in the morning. I know that's not good for me, so I'm hoping I can find a smooth recipe that wake me up in the morning and be good for me. - I was day to see that most smoothies have a huge calorie count.

Today I have to figure out how I am going to get a light work out in. It is suppose to rain all day so no walking or garden. Maybe cleaning tonight?

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Gardening - Planting Potatoes in Pot Bags

Getting ready

I decide that I was going to try to plant potatoes in bags. Everything I have been reading says this way will give me many potatoes and I can harvest a little at a time, through the hole in the bag. I found my bags at the end of the season at Walmart for $2.50. I figured it was worth trying. 

Bag

The bag is big. I have to roll it down. 

Adding Dirt

I add about 1/8 of dirt. So the potato have some to grow on.

Adding potatoes

I added the potatoes. Then covered them.

2 weeks later

Two weeks later, they started to grow. This is so neat. They are doing great. They will be behind my bench on the deck. I can't wait to see how many potatoes I get. 

In there new home. Next my future tomato pot

How are you planting your potatoes? Have you ever tried to grown them in a pot?