DebraK

This one does ;-)

auntmag

My mother canned a lot. She had 11 kids to feed so she raised a big garden and canned everything she grew. No fruit trees so she had to buy peaches and apples to can. Also, she made lots of beautiful quilts. I don't know how she did all that, makes me tired just thinking about it. I have canned fruit and made jellies when I was a young mother. Now that there is just the two of us, it is much easier to buy what I need at the grocery store.

wolfkitty

My mother used to can pears from a tree in the yard. Boy, they tasted really good in the winter! I don't do any canning.

BellaBoo

I can buy home canned produce cheaper then I can grow and do it myself. I know the ladies that do the canning and the gardens the produce come from. No field produce, all home grown. I save the jars for them each year. I have a small pressure canner that I can leftover soup and stews. It's easy. It's amazing how many filled jars I get from leftovers.

Olivia's Grammy

We can green beans and mostly freeze everything else. We just put a couple bushels of Zipper Cream Peas in the freezer. We have two of the largest freezer full to the busting point and there are only two of us. Well we do share with the kids and especially Olivia. I would love to have your tomato and spaghetti sause recipes. I love good tomato soup. I used to have a spaghetti sause recipe but have lost it. I used to make jellies, but no one eats them any more. DH always makes a couple of batches of fig perserves for him and DS every year. To sweet for me. Thanks for sharing your pictures the fruit is beautiful.

cjomomma

Some day I plan on giving canning a try. I bought the canning for dummies book, I guess that is a start. Lol

Sadiemae

My Mom canned everything when we were little. I canned fruit and tomatoes when my husband was alive, but it is just not worth it to me for one person.

Olivia's Grammy

The best canning book is Blue Bell Canning. It used to cost a $1. I'm sure it way more than that now.

Deecee

Ditto. Besides, we only keep a small vegie patch so wouldn't have enough to be worthwhile.

cjomomma

That cook book sounds familiar, how much you wanna bet i have it hiddin somewhere.