Just Can It

Jason and I canned 26 jars of pickles one weekend.

We also blanched and froze 20 lbs of beans.  This was so worth all the effort.  When I cook them up with dinner those are the first thing eaten off everyone's plate.

I canned blueberry jam.

I've made lots of peach jam and peach honey butter, thanks Tina for picking my peaches for me!

Melissa has been such a great friend, we'll she's always a great friend, but lately she's been helping me can.  It's so much nicer when you have someone to help you.  We just canned our first batch of Apple pie filling.  I can't wait to try one.

I've also canned some apple butter and am going to do another batch soon.

The pantry is stocked full and I love it!

 Here's Ash and I at Cabalo's, it's a local farm that we've gone to this year for our cukes, beans and apples.

Canning

With all my talk (which is really all it has been) of canning, Jason wanted to get in on that and can a few of his favorites.

So, Saturday we ran around town to get all the supplies necessary to can pickles and pickled beans.

I think our first pickling attempt was a success but I guess the real test will be in a few weeks when we actually try them.

Next, I really want to work on my list of canning to do's and I'm also going to try (now that I'm a pickling pro) to make a special someone one of their favorite foods in the world, pickled beats ... since it's a process and you have to let them pickle for weeks, it might turn into their Christmas present.