Pear tree was loaded, so I canned pears

[HogBiologist]

My pear tree was loaded and since I am into canning this year, I canned them.  I put up seventeen pints of sliced pears in light syrup last night.  Tonight I put up 7 quarts and 2 pints of pear halves.  Out of the bushel and a half I picked, I still have 2/3 of a bushel.  I need to buy some more jars to put up some pear jam.  I have loved canning this year.  With the purple hull peas and pears I have put up so far, and the squash I have frozen, I have more than paid for all the materials, seeds, lime/fertilizer, and insect poisons.  I am loving this.  Next year my garden will get bigger.  I have done pickles and spaghetti sauce too.

[RutnNStrutn]

That's pretty cool, doing it yourself with your plants. Good deal!

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  Fruit trees here are overloaded. Branches are snapping off.

[trkehunr93]

Nice.  We can pickles, maters, make jam from strawberries, blueberry, blackberries, homemade apple sauce.  Lot of work but just seems to taste better.


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[lightsoutcalls]

I'm hoping to snag some pears for the bears here.  The pear trees are heavy with pears, they just aren't on my property...   I hope to sweet talk a couple of folks around out of the ones that hit the ground...

Have you tried making pear butter?  That's some good stuff right there!