Winterpast Homestead

Of Pumkins & Pigs

A lot has happened around here in the last 6 days! Last Friday I had an operation on my hand, so I am left handed for awhile. The following day our four pigs were butchered. The weighed in at 166, 170, 175, and 180 pounds hanging weight, the butcher said it is some of the leansest pork he has done this fall. We are well please with these results! After figuring it all out we only paid $1.00 a pound for the meat that now fills our freezer. And I am very happy to have one less chore to do. This is our third year raising pigs and I see many more years to come.

Today my son, Justin, helped gut pumpkins. I cooked them covered with tin foil, later after they cooled I scooped them out and pureed the pumkin. My daughter Sarah, and I made Pumpkin bars with a cream chesse frosting. We froze enough pumkin to go us the winter!

It is always satisfying to sit down and eat a meal that came fully from the work of our own hands, on our own land. Tonight we ate pork roast (cooked in the crockpot), green beans (steamed), and mashed potatoes with pumkin bars for dessert! It tasted great!

Approximate yield of frozen vegetables from fresh

Vegetable Fresh Frozen

Asparagus 1-1 ½ lbs 1 pint

1 crate (12 2 lb bunches) 15- 22 pints

Beans, lima in pod 2 - 2 ½ lbs 1 pint

1 bushel (32 lbs) 12-16 pints

Beans, snap, green, wax 2/3 - 1 lb 1 pint

1 bushel (30 lbs) 30 - 45 pints

Beet greens 1 1/4 -1 ½ lb 1 pint

15 lbs 10-15 pints

Beets (without tops) 1 1/4 - 1 ½ lb 1 pint

1 bushel (52 lbs) 35-45 pints

Broccoli 1 lb 1 pint

1 crate (25 lbs) 24 pints

Brussel sprouts 1 lb 1 pint

4 quart boxes 6 pints

Carrots (no tops) 1 1/4 - 1 ½ lb 1 pint

1 bushel (50 lbs) 32-40 pints

Cauliflower 1 1/3 lb 1 pint

2 med heads 3 pints

Chard 1 - 1 Â lb 1 pint

1 bushel (12 lbs) 8-12 pints

Collards 1 - 1 Â lb 1 pint

1 bushel (12 lbs) 8-12 pints

Corn, sweet (in husk) 1- 1 1/2 lb 1 pint

1 bushel (35 lbs) 14-17 pints

Eggplant 1 lb 1 pint

Kale 1 - 1 1/2 lb 1 pint

1 bushel (18 lbs) 12-18 lbs

Mustard greens 1 - 1 ½ lb 1 pint

1 bushel (12 lbs) 8-12 lbs

Peas 2 - 2 ½ lb 1 pint

1 bushel (30 lbs) 12-15 pints

Spinach 1 - 1 ½ lb 1 pint

1 bushel (18 lbs) 12-18 pints

Squash, summer 1 - 1 1/4 lb 1 pint

Sweet Potatoes 2/3 lb 1 pint

Fruit Fresh Frozen

apples 1 1/4 - 1 ½ lb 1 pint

1 box (44 lbs) 29-35 pints

1 bushel (48 lbs) 32-40 lbs

Apricots 2/3 - 4/5 lb 1 pint

1 crate (22 lbs) 28-33 pints

1 bushel (48 lbs) 60-72 pints

Berries 1 1/3 lbs - 1 ½ lbs 1 pint

1 crate (24 quarts) 32-36 pints

Cantaloupes 1 - 1 1/4 lb 1 pint

1 dz. (24 lbs) 22 pints

Cherries 1 1/4 - 1 ½ lbs 1 pint

1 bushel (56 lbs) 36-44 pints

Cranberries ½ lb 1 pint

1 peck (8 lb) 16 pints

1 box (25 lbs) 50 pints

Currants 3/4 lbs 1 pint

2 quarts (3 lbs) 4 pints

Peaches 1 - 1 ½ lbs 1 pint

1 lug box (20 lbs) 13-20 pints

1 bushel (48 lbs) 32-48 pints

Pears 1- 1 1/4 lbs 1 pint

1 western box (46 lbs) 37-46 pints

1 bushel (50 lbs) 40-50 pints

Pineapple 5 lbs 1 pint

Plums & Prunes 1 - 1 ½ lbs 1 pint

1 crate (20 lbs) 13-20 pints

1 bushel (56lbs) 38-56 pints

Raspberries 1 pint 1 pint

1 crate (24 lbs) 24 pints

Rhubarb 2/3 - 1 lb 1 pint

15 lbs 15-22 pints

Strawberries 2/3 quart 1 pint

1 crate (24 quarts) 38 pints