My Projects



My Years of Dickens:
My (First) Year of Dickens

Another (Few) Years of Dickens
  •  Currently Reading:  Sketches
  • Completed Reading: 
  • Curiosity Shop
  • Barnaby Rudge
  • Great Expectations (2x)
  • Hard Times
  • Our Mutual Friend
  • Martin Chuzzlewitt
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Bleak House
  • Chimes
  • David Copperfield
  • Dombey & Son
  • Great Expectations
  • Little Dorritt
  • Nicholas Nickleby
  • Pickwick Papers
  • Tale of Two Cities
  • The Christmas Tree
  • The Cricket on the Hearth

My Canning Records:
2012
Grape Juice-2 Gallons
Wild Plum Juice--6 Quarts--Frozen
Heirloom Tomatoes--6.5 Quarts--Canned
Grape Jelly--10 Jelly Jars--Canned
Peach Jam~Spiced & Plain--18 jars--Canned
Spiced Peach Butter--8 jars--Canned
Wild Plum Jelly--7 jars--Canned
Golden Plum Jelly--6 jars--Canned
+1 Jar---Half & Half Gold & Purple!
Apples, Plums, Pears--Dried in Pieces & Fruit Leathers
Pear Spice Chutney--6 jars--Canned
Zucchini Dried
Herbs Dried
Grated Zucchini 50+ Cups


2011
3 quarts grape juice
6 jars of elderberry juice
8 jars of apple sauce/butter
14 quarts corn-freezer
gallons of plums and plum juice
9 pints nectarines in light syrup
3 quarts nectarines-freezer
7 pints salsa-freezer
15 quarts dill pickles
6 pints dill pickles
5 pints carrot pickles with thyme
8 jars raspberry jam
8 quarts sugar-packed cherries-freezer
10 pints applesauce-freezer
2 quarts dried apple slices

2010
None planned at this time due to moves and babies. :) Sure miss it though!
Update: I was gifted with a box of pears and a box of apples so I made some Apple-Pear Butter!

2009
   11 pints of Apple Pie Filling
  •  Done-6 quarts more of Applesauce
  • Done-11 pints of Apple Pie Filling
  • Done- 10 jars of Apple Pie Jelly
  •  6 quarts more of Applesauce
  • Done- 10 more Quarts of Garden Pickles
  • Done- 4 pints Spiced Applesauce
  • Done- 4 pints, 1 quart Spiced Peach Slices
  • Done- 5 pints of Pickled Beets
  • Done- 5 quarts of Spiced Apples
  • Done- 6 jars of Curried Apple Chutney
  • Done- 6 jars of Pumpkin Bread
  • Done- 6 more jars of Spice Apple Butter
  • Done- 6 pints of Spiced Apple Butter
  • Done- 7 pints more of Applesauce
  • Done- 8 more pints of Apple Cake
  • Done- 8 pints of Apple Cake in Jars
  • Done- 8 pints of Pickled Onions
  • Done-- 6 1/2 Quarts of Garden Pickles
  • Done--+-50 pints of Pickles, 8 quarts of Pickles, a few little jars of Pickles and some fresh ones in the fridge.
  • Done--10 pints of Dilly Beans
  • Done--11 jars of Peach Jam
  • Done--15 pints Strawberry and Strawberry Vanilla Jam
  • Done--3 1/2 Quarts Refrigerator Pickles
  • Done--3 pints Watermelon Rind Pickles
  • Done--4 1/4 pints of Spiced Peach Butter
  • Done--4 more pints of Strawberry Jam
  • Done--6 more pints of Pickled Squash
  • Done--8 pints of Green Beans with Herbs
  • Done--8 pints of Red Currant Jam
  • Done--9 pints of Pickled Squash
  • Done--Another 1/2 Bushel of Pickles
  • Done-2 quarts of Dried Tomatoes & Roasted Tomatoes
  • Done-3 pints Z

2 comments:

Jewels in the Rough said...

Just checking out your list of Dickens reading materials. I haven't done too much reading by Dickens, but I did see a really good movie called "Little Dorrit." Just wondered if you've seen it? If not, you should check it out. It's very well done!

Kimberly said...

I love "Little Dorritt"! It's a great movie as well. Wonderful casting.

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