Canning

Yesterday, I was able to can; pickles, northern beans, and basil. All three are very easy to can. For the pickles we have a recipe that is by the jar so you don't have to have a million cucumbers to do a batch. I was able to get six jars from the cucumbers in my garden, and we still have more growing. For the northern beans all you do is take, 1 cup of beans, 1 tsp salt, and fill the jar with water. Then you pressure cook them for 90 min at 15 lbs of pressure. The hardest part is waiting the 90 minutes for them to get done. For the basil I just washed it and then put it in my dehydrator. Today I plan on blanching some tomatoes to freeze until all my tomatoes are ripe so I can can them all at once. I love being able to put all this together so we will have food this winter that we don't have to purchase from the store.