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I have quart jars of canned pears that are going to be 3 years old this fall, I'm still eating them...

I would love to support anyone on here by buying a recipe book. Let me know when it is available, I love shared knowledge... :)

To all those who feel they don't know how to can, well, I tried my hand at it about 20 years ago by calling my mother and having her walk me through it, she walked me through the old fashioned way with the old ball jars with the rubber gasket and wax, wow that was work. Now though it's so much...

I'm into canning this year, big time Just getting into canning season, top shelf 29 jars baked beans, 14 jars chicken, 14 jars beef, next shelf 39 jars green beans from the garden, 8 jars dill pickles from the garden, 18 jars of bread n butter pickles from the garden, next shelf, 5 jars stewed...

I cut my overgrown cukes in half lengthwise and feed them to the chickens, they love the seeds... :)

Wow that's nice! I'm going to have to try my hand at making jam, I'm still collecting strawberries from the garden, it's going really slow cuz I keep eating them! :barnie

Nice, aren't gardens great! looks like a good harvest...:thumbsup

That's exactly what I put them in.. :)

I'll have to try that too, thanks:)

I recently noticed that when I pick pickling cukes and just put them in the fridge they start getting soft within hours, well I saw a video on You tube that said to put cukes in a storage bad in the crisper drawer in the fridge and that they would stay fresh for up to two weeks. I tried it and...

I just canned 6 quarts of tomatoes last night, I water bathed them for the right amount of time and didn't over tighten them and did everything according to directions. Well when I took them out of the water bath and set them on the counter to cool off there was a bit of water on the cover so I...

congrats!! :)

Lesa is right, get that mint contained!! Your garden looks great! I've been gardening for years and mine doesn't look that good, good job!! :)

Thanks Southern Gardener, our tomatoes are just starting so there's lots more canning to be done, we just can't get enough of that great feeling of having garden veggies when those tasteless store veggies are on store shelves. Nothing like going shopping in your own pantry... :)

Canning is in high gear here, I canned 5 pints of stewed tomatoes, 7 pints of green beans, and 5 quarts of pickles today, what a great feeling! So far this season we've put up 38 pints and 22 quart jars from our gardens and a long way to go, my goal is a jar for each day of the year! I'm going...

Awesome! It is a great feeling getting it done and putting food up for future use. I've also started canning, doing it every weekend now... :)

That can't be your first garden, most of us old timers have a hard time making ours look anything like yours. Congrats! Everything looks great. btw, give your maters time, they look great and will turn red in no time!

Has anyone noticed the difference in production between green beans and wax beans? I planted both wax and green beans this year and I'm on my second crop, so far I've noticed that green beans produce more beans per plant than wax beans, has anyone noticed the same result? I love wax beans but if...

I never did boil the lids, I just put them in a sauce pan with hot tap water, turn the burner on till bubbles form on the lids then turn off the heat.

Thank you 4grandbabies, I think I found the answer, I tightened the lids too much. Weird how they say not to sterilize the lids in boiling water before canning...