So after months of renovating and chaos (in house and garden!) my husband has finally completed renovation of the basement. The first new shelf is set up and today I have sorted all my jars and preserves that have hardly been accessible during the last time.
It is such a satisfying sight to see all the jars lined up - and really there aren't as many as the husband complained, about three boards of the shelves which is hardly a packed pantry!
And I have now a better overview of what is left:
Too many jellies and preserves (most of those that don't get eaten are the ones I got gifted, plus the grape jelly from our own grapes where we also have far too many).
Enough
tomato sauce and pickles to have one jar about every 10 days until next harvesting season.
By far enough
honey to last until the next harvest.
Enough tomatillo salsa to last without planting tomatillos this year.
More cucumber pickles than my family eats (have to
gift some)
Enough
apple sauce until autumn (necessary for some Bavarian dishes like potato
pancakes)
And some extra treats I had forgotten like canned plums and hot chilli sauce!
Aaaand the weather smells like spring!