Drying and vacuum sealing my fruit harvest

Just harvested my cherries, apricots, peaches, and plums. Seems the extra attention I gave my fruit orchard this year paved the way for bumper crops – another benefit of sheltering in place! I experimented with drying the apricots and peaches using a dehydrator. Nicole loves the slab apricots (I didn’t know that was a thing…) Using my new vacuum sealer, I preserved batches of fresh fruit that I’ll enjoy during the winter. There’s such a sense of accomplishment after harvesting organic fruit.

Bumper crop of cherries

Cherries from 2 different trees

First harvest of nectarines this season

Ripening peaches, apricots, and plums on window sills —

Drying fruit in my nifty dehydrator

Dried apricots, peaches and bananas