how to can concentrated grape juice Walking by the grapes on the vine in the yard, you know when they are done and it’s time to make juice. It smells like grape juice outside! We have two vines and we will process one and then the other. We make concentrated grape juice from the one […]
how to can green beans
how to can green beans When planning a garden, green beans are a staple for us to plant every few years. Here are our tips and tricks on how to can green beans. Green beans are canned using a pressure canner. They require 20 minutes of processing for pints and 25 for quarts. You can […]
15+ homemade canning recipes to can your garden
home canning recipes What do you do with all your garden vegetable goodies? Do you make just enough for the summer or enough to last all winter? If you grow enough to make it through to the next year (or 2), you need to read on. Check out these 13+ canning recipes. You can can […]
how to easy can pears at home
how to can pears Did you know that you pick pears when they are green. You then allow them to ripen in your baskets and then you can them? I had no idea. But this is how we did it to get the pears to ripen at the same time so we could can pears […]
how to can crushed tomatoes
For some reason when we plant a garden, we never plant just 1 or 2 tomato plants. We end up planting a small army of tomato plants. We are looking for ways to can the tomatoes to use in recipes. Canning tomatoes is a bi-yearly event. We can enough to last a few years. Preserving […]
How to make easy refrigerator dill pickles
We like to can. Truth is, we canned pickles a few years ago. Tons of them. And we didn’t eat them all. How many jars of pickles does your family go through? Ours goes through 2, maybe 3. Not 30 pints. This year we decided to can refrigerator dill pickles for the simple reason. We […]
homemade canned grape jelly
Do you love jelly on your toast? Maybe you use it in your savory recipes too? Check out how you can make homemade canned grape jelly. Making juice You really just need a few ingredients to make canned grape jelly. To start, you need grape juice, So this requires you to take concord grapes (off […]
how to can homemade grape juice
how to can homemade grape juice My mother-in-law gave me this recipe when I first got married as my husband loves grape juice. It is a very simple way to can grape juice. I find this is great to make in small batches with quart jars so there is enough to share. If my husband […]
how to can peaches at home
Canning your own peaches takes a little time and patience, but the rewards are so tasty! I think food taste better when you make it yourself. (and you know what is in it!) Check out this recipe for canning peaches. Canning peaches We have planted our own peach trees and my parents have fruiting peach […]
homemade apple butter recipe
homemade apple butter I had no idea that canning apple butter was so easy. Well, minus peeling the apples, it was easy. It’s very similar to making apple sauce! We have this apple tree that’s apples are ready for picking in July (we think it’s a Lodi apple tree). They are a soft apple, perfect […]
how to prepare and can homemade stewed tomatoes
Canning your own tomatoes takes a little time and patience, but the rewards are so tasty! I think they taste better when you make food from home (and you know what is in it!) Check out this recipe on how to can stewed tomatoes with onions and peppers. Canning stewed tomatoes We use canned tomatoes […]
