Rainey Day Canning and Homesteading

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Rainey Day Canning and Homesteading I am a passionate homesteader dedicated to preserving the harvest and living sustainably. I been canning all my life and millions of jars of goodies!

My journey began with living this way and my ancestors time honored methods.

That wonderful time of year regular and caramel apple pie filling!
10/19/2026

That wonderful time of year regular and caramel apple pie filling!

09/28/2026

27 jars of homemade tomato soup finished! 🍅❤️ There’s something so satisfying about seeing a counter full of jars after processing a big batch of garden tomatoes.

For this batch, I cooked the tomatoes and onions together first until the onions were completely soft, then ran everything through the food mill until I had about 16 cups of smooth tomato pulp. After that, I added the salt, sugar, cayenne, and butter and brought the soup up to a good simmer.

The cornstarch was the trickiest part because nobody wants a pot full of lumps. I mixed it separately with a little water, then gradually whisked in spoonfuls of the hot tomato mixture to temper it. Once it was smooth, I slowly whisked that mixture back into the main pot until the soup thickened to the consistency I wanted.

I ended up with 27 beautiful jars, and seeing them all lined up after a long day in the kitchen definitely feels like an accomplishment. 🍅🥣

One important note for anyone wanting to make this for pantry storage: oven-canning filled jars isn’t considered a safe home-canning method, and recipes containing butter or cornstarch generally shouldn’t be shelf-canned unless they come from a tested canning recipe. For future batches, I’d use a tested tomato-soup canning recipe and add the butter or thickener after opening, or freeze this style of soup instead.

Still, nothing beats turning a big harvest of tomatoes into homemade soup for later. ❤️🍅

My little late garden yields, not bad except first time on this land for a garden. I had many gardens and noticed a few...
09/28/2026

My little late garden yields, not bad except first time on this land for a garden. I had many gardens and noticed a few pests that wasn't accounted for... Next year will be better!

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667 Lower Cottonwood Road
Wilsall, MT
59086

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