As this was our first full season, it also meant we had the opportunity to preserve more of our harvest. We've made jams before and made one chutney but apart from that, not much else.
Jams
Our strawberry jams have usually been successful, although last year's raspberry jam was a bit too seedy. This year we planned to make more of a jelly with the raspberries by straining out the seeds and I have to say this as been our best jam to date with a perfect set
The other jam we made this year was apple and rhubarb which had a nice tangy fizz to it
Chutneys
These have been a bit hit and miss. We had so many runner beans this year that we made a runner bean chutney. Possibly tried eating it a bit early as it tastes a bit vinegary
Next up were a beetroot chutney, which I think is ok and a courgette and tomato chutney that we're yet to try but it looks promising!
As for the rest, the main crop potatoes are stored in hessian sacks and should last us well into next year. The excess runner beans are in the freezer. Onions have been strung up and the shallots pickled which was our biggest success; really crunchy!
And the main failure was the tomato ketchup but mainly because I put too much ground cloves in it!
And we are yet to sample the tomato sauce that's in the freezer....
So all in all I think we've done ok growing and keeping enough to keep us going!
Can't wait for next year!
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