Canning tomato sauce

21 pounds of tomatoes from our backyard have turned into tomato sauce after several hours!

Canning beets

Last weekend we harvested 8 pounds of beets

 we took the tops off and left the roots tips and washed them

 then we boiled them until the beets were soft 

 the recipe that we were following required onions and we had our own !
After taking the beets out of the boiling water, then we took the skins off and quartered them.  We then poured vinegar and spices over the beets and brought to a boil.  Finally, we canned the beets and ...
we canned a total of 4 quarts + 1 pint

Tomatoes cooked = ketchup

Wow for our tomatoes! This has been a good year even though we had the blight.  I must say that trellising tomatoes has been a challenge this year.  I did not pick the suckers off of the plant and so, there were shots all over each plant that didn't get support.  Next year, I will give each plant more space for appropriate air circulation and better support system.

Now to make ketchup or not ! that is the question