Canning A Years Supply of Tomatoes For A Family of 4 (+ Growing Tips)

In today's video, join us as we harvest our incredible tomato crop—this year’s yield has been a blessing, letting us can a year’s supply for our family of four! As the nights grow cooler, we’ll share tomato harvesting tips, including how topping the plants in late August boosts our ripe tomato yield. We’re also canning homemade BBQ sauce and ketchup recipes, reducing our supermarket reliance and embracing self-sufficiency. Plus, learn our money-saving tomato seed saving technique to grow plants suited to our UK environment. Let’s make the most of this season together!

00:00 - Harvest Time at the Allotment
1:20 - Topping Tips for a Better Yield
3:00 - Canning Basics: Cold Packing Method
3:45 - Making BBQ Sauce
8:08 - Seed Saving Hack
10:08 - Making Ketchup

Thanks to Jon Yallop for the music.

How We Preserve fruit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSyWT5mIUs&t=29s
How we sowed our garlic: https://youtu.be/NMqUj5owCxg?si=DaitlUBgwI299087
How We sowed potatoes: https://youtu.be/EicleuGZ2O0?si=YHfEmj0tYJD2dCGu
How we water: https://youtu.be/NWP-GRq_I-c?si=RkVLeBzhrQIgV4Cz
Our Weed control methods: https://youtu.be/aAZBEYEA9e8?si=QP0bHTMYXNgNm3PW
How we prune our tomatoes: https://youtu.be/jB1Legix4M0?si=P5mq-Be48G9Nua1s
How we Keep Our chickens: https://youtu.be/D3zkDukLA0c?si=PW1wcLKCcpJbrUFu
How to Harvest Garlic: https://youtu.be/K4YSOQgqbgQ?si=zcNxjoG3tTnqwlk5
How to Store food: https://youtu.be/lHw4AFLzo2Q?si=OTNz7rh8slKwwa1P
Our Food store set up: https://youtu.be/8dgzie4_Oys?si=_mp5_W5Z0BuYyWR0
How to cure potatoes: https://youtu.be/OTusH616C-A?si=DixykBfsqfCmb3ek
How to can tomatoes: https://youtu.be/Cyrj_8ADwP4
Courgette brownie recipes: https://youtu.be/wROqWFlVQxY?si=cqn8yR4XFj8Abp_Z
How to Can crunchy pickles: https://youtu.be/wROqWFlVQxY?si=cqn8yR4XFj8Abp_Z

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