Grape Juice

We tried our hand at grape juice. It was before I bought the cheese cloth. Haha 

We'll see how it goes when we crack open these quarts. It might take a LOT of Sprite to cover the pulpy taste. Cross your fingers! 

Bottoms up!

With an abundance of apples, I decided to make apple cider.  Without a cider press, I endured a time consuming process of making said cider. 

I chopped the apples, juiced them and then overheated the juicer!  It took a while for the juicer to want to work for me again, but it took a rest and kept on juicing!  After juicing, I hand-strained every drop through cheesecloth.  The end product was worth the mess and the time and the hassle. 

Look at that jug! I cannot wait to add a few cinnamon sticks and heat that juice up! What a delicious trick or treating beverage for the whole family to enjoy.  

Yesterday & Today

Grapes! 

Juicing more of Grandpa and Grandma Smith Grapes for juice and jelly. Tilly loves helping out, and this was an easy way to get her hands dirty in the kitchen. She had lots of fun! 

Yesterday & Today

Here is our mouser cat.  Her name is Tina. Her purpose is to catch, kill, and eat mice and rats that invade our yard.  

These are jars of grape juice canned with Grandpa & Grandma Great's grapes. This juice is fantastic! 

Juicy Jay would be proud!

Today we decided to buy a "Juice Weasel!" Our fruits and veggies will never go bad again! Compost? No! Chicken food? No way! The box guaranteed we would outlive everyone in our family. That means YOU!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=b21MQqHthPs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Db21MQqHthPs

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The kids enjoyed their Swiss chard, carrots, and grapes tonight! Can you think of any better way to get kids to eat their veggies? GENUIS! They picked out all of the veggies and fruits, and we experimented with tastes and smells. Ultimately, we would like to be able to use everything we are growing. The juicer is perfect because the pulp doesn't go to waste. That includes seeds, stems, rinds and peels. It all goes in. I froze the pulp in a mini muffin pan and the chickens and rabbits will have yummy treats this week!