Peach season is probably one of my busiest times for canning. I make peach jam, canned peaches and this year I did something new and made some peach butter. I wasn't overly impressed with the butter, it tastes to much like my jam. Jam is not as time consuming as the butter, so I think I will stick with that.
Here is my count from peach season. Out of 4 bushels I got 26 pints of peach jam, 17 pints of peach butter, and 64 quarts of peaches. The cost was $108. When I compared the quantity I got of the canned peaches to store bought peaches the price was only $6.00 difference. It paid to do peaches this year!
I don't can what I do to save money, although it certainly does, I can what I do because it is healthier for my family. I can give my kids healthy food and skip the preservatives in store bought food! And, because of the weather this year, I was thankful to have the connections I do, it enabled me to even get the peaches!
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