We took a break from preparing for the siding to do some applesauce. Remember the apple trees with loads of apples? I picked about a bushel, and together we made about 11 quarts of sauce. We only used about 2/3 of the apples I picked (ran out of time), but some of the other apples have gone for eating and for some apple bread that Jo made.

I washed the apples ...

Jo cut them up (she got to be outside) ...

And then we cooked, strained and canned them.

The resulting sauce is delicious, but it seemed like a lot of work for 11 qts. It has been a long time since the last time we made sauce and I think we could do a better (that is more efficient) job of it if we do it again. There are LOTS more apples on the trees - if I only had time to pick them.