The Grapes of Wrath

Kaianah and these goggles just crack me up!
Just kickin' it with my goggles on...

So funny....

Plums, plums and more plums! ~~Plum benefits~~

Thank you EB & TB for the yummy fruit!! We've been able to harvest peaches, plums, pears & grapes.

Plums are all washed and now they are drying out.

I read in my "Backwoods Home" magazine that you can just wash, dry and freeze. Then you can pull them out in the winter (when you have more time) and make juice, jam or just defrost and eat.

6 gallons later...I'll be busy this winter!

Then came the grapes...did I know what I was getting into? NO! Grapes took me 2 days. (I've since heard of easier ways)

I'm still not working for Vita-Mix but oh man I HEART this machine! Grapes were washed, de-stemmed, mashed up, cooked, strained & canned.

Oh my, this took sooooo long! I found out the next day that you could use a large pillow case to strain all the grapes. Just fill the pillow case, hang it up and leave it over night. I wish I would have known that! ha,ha

Fruits of my labor. :) THEN I found out about a nifty little juicing machine from Lehmans. A co-worker of Dusty's is letting us try it out, so I'll let you know what I think after I try it out!