As expected, in that place was no sewing yesterday. After Saturday's marathon, it was skilful to receive got a interruption anyway. I had apple tree pie filling to make. Yesterday's yield was 8 pints, together with I receive got a duo of apples left over.
There would receive got been ix pints except that 1 of the jars blew its top inwards the terminal minutes of the 30-minute processing time. It surprised me, together with it caused me to inquire a query of beau canners on Facebook. Their responses were friendly attempts at beingness helpful, but actually offered no novel information.
So here's the story, together with mayhap 1 of you lot mightiness know something. This batch of pie filling is most the fifth or sixth fourth dimension I've made pie filling of whatever flavor. I similar these pint jars of filling because they are perfect for making pies for two. So, anyway...I'm using this recipe from the Fresh Preserving website. The solely alter I'm making is to cutting the apples into chunks rather than slicing them. They friction match improve inwards the jars that way. Also, I growth the processing fourth dimension past times 5 minutes to accommodate our 1,400 feet of elevation, equally recommended inwards this handy chart. I've had problems amongst siphoning inwards the past, together with then for this batch, I left a total 1-1/2 inches of caput space. It seemed to assist the siphoning problem, but in that place was nonetheless a piffling chip on every jar. Most of the fruit ended upwards nether the ring, together with then I removed the lids together with wiped off the gummy jars. I'm satisfied amongst the degree of siphoning that occurred, together with it seems to locomote unavoidable amongst pie fillings. (As for my question, it's most how to forbid siphoning altogether. I haven't constitute the correct combination of atmospheric condition yet.)
Here's where things got interesting. I was sitting, reading materials on my iPad, waiting for the timer to tick downwardly to the destination of xxx minutes. At roughly 26 minutes, I heard a tedious thud. When I checked the canner, I was dismayed to abide by 1 of the jars had spilled its contents into the surrounding boiling water. I idea 1 of the jars had broken from thermal shock, which seemed odd then far into the processing time. When everything settled downwardly together with I could meet what happened, I constitute the lid together with yell floating inwards the water, together with the upright jar, empty, but nonetheless intact. In forty years of canning, I've never seen that before. Certainly, I've had a duo of jars interruption from thermal shock, but I've never seen 1 blow its lid build clean off.
So anyway...one fewer jars than I was expecting, but I'm happy amongst how things worked out. Before changing the topic though, I desire to yell that my 1-1/2 inches of caput infinite all but disappeared. The jars are total to the brim forthwith that they've been processed. The mysteries of canning are beyond my feeble mind's comprehension. I but practise equally I'm told.
With the apple tree pie filling done, it was fourth dimension to caput out to alternative upwards a vino shipment. We firstly stopped off at Domaine Drouhin. This winery is owned past times a French household unit of measurement amongst vineyards together with wineries inwards French Republic together with Oregon. You tin dismiss read a piffling most them right here. Our autumn colors are really pretty this yr subsequently pregnant rainfall inwards September. We frequently larn a big current of air at the showtime of Oct that knocks all the leaves off the trees. This year, the current of air has stayed away, together with the leaves receive got stayed too.
The vineyards were surprisingly dark-green on yesterday's drive, also from the September rainfall, no doubt.
This side past times side prototype is from the Sokol-Blossor winery, but upwards the road.
After that, nosotros stopped off at The Allison, a hotel together with spa but downwardly the colina from our house. I'd seen some pictures on Facebook together with I wanted to meet the autumn color for myself. As it turns out, the lighting wasn't equally skilful equally inwards the pictures I'd seen, together with then the autumn leaves were a piffling chip of a disappointment. Still, the grounds at the hotel are lovely, together with their gardens were really pretty.
Even their roses were nonetheless blooming.
What I loved most were the diverse fine art works stationed about the grounds. I'm showing you lot a few of my favorites. They are all for sale, together with then I've given you lot the information, but inwards illustration you lot receive got a modest fortune inwards cash burning a hole inwards your pocket.
By far, this was my favorite. If solely I had $4,000 but lying around...these would then locomote inwards my yard correct now.
Look at their "fuzzy" butts!
Just also cute.
As nosotros were leaving to caput dorsum to our car, nosotros passed past times these snowberries, or symphoricarpos albus, if you lot must know their snotty botanical name.
Usually when I meet them at this stage, the leafage on the works life has already turned chocolate-brown together with dropped off. Finally, 1 chip of autumn color equally nosotros left the gardens.
And that was the destination of our day.
Today I'll larn dorsum to my sewing. I'm going to start getting caught upwards on the Garden Sunshine QAL. Tomorrow I'll locomote setting everything aside to commence gratuitous motion quilting the Wine Country quilt.