Canning Project!

Here you can see some of the food we canned this summer. It was not as hard as I'd expected it to be, but I was so glad to have help from my kids!

My Canning Project

I still need shelves in the cellar for my canning project which I'm starting. I got a pressure canner and some pint jars. I already had a water bath canner and quite a few quart jars. I plan to can green beans, dried beans, soup (beef and chicken), tomatoes (for making spaghetti sauce and salsa),jam, possibly corn and potatoes. I'll have to find something to do with the zucchini I'm growing. Any ideas? Last year I experimented with drying some veggies and it worked real well with squash. We are still eating them a bit like potato chips!

I think I'm a throwback to pioneer or depression-era times since there are things I like to do that don't fit in with "modern" ways. I take pleasure in using items that don't require electricity, like my Pampered Chef food chopper and slicers. If I could convert my sewing machine to a treadle, I'd do it! I admire the ingenuity of my ancestors.