Mostly I can tomatoes yearly bc we use them for so many meals.
I have about 60 quarts of grapes and need to persuade eldest DD to help me make some wine with them.
I also have about 30 quarts of dark cherries and some jars of apple juice. I have a wine making kit, still in it's box, but that is typical for Ducks, who often have to clean off the dust from the packaging before starting a new project.
In 2022 I took to making broth from bones since we got a whole cow (steer) and I didn't want to waste the bones AND DD (Chef) tells me that every meat meal tastes better with broth than with water.
My old dog Pyg (15yo) benefits from broth and I often simply cook down bones and hot water bath "dog broth" bc it is used up in a fortnight. I am using up the Uline lids that I bought in 2021 bc a few have failed.
We used 8 month old lamb broth for our Easter leg(s) of lamb.
Not yet canning meat. Family suggested that we freeze chili instead of canning bc it tastes overcooked pressure canning.
Both my hot water bath canner and my pressure canner sit underneath my (tall with 3 chairs against the wall) kitchen table, clean and at the ready.
I bought a new stainless steel hot water bath canner with a glass lid in 2021. I got tired of the mess with the spatterwear canners, but I still have them. DD's sometimes dye fabric with them.
I have a basement pantry with 2 shelves and it's pretty dark and definitely cool them year round.
Still, canned peaches and canned pears don't last forever.
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