WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[tortoise]

I canned 8 pints of sugar-spice applesauce, 7 quarts of tomato sauce. I have a pot full of unsweetened applesauce in the fridge to can up tonight (hopefully) and then start picking more tomatoes and apples! I estimated needing 28 quarts of tomato sauce for the next year. 21 to go...

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I canned 8 pints of sugar-spice applesauce

That sounds delish!

 

[Britesea]

I canned up 6 and 1/2 pint jars of dill pickle relish, and I have 7 pints in the canner as we speak of dill pickle spears. Unfortunately I had to buy cucumbers because my vines did absolutely NOTHING (ONE cuke only, all summer long!). I dunno, maybe they got shaded out too quickly by the volunteer potatoes in the bed?

 

[Hinotori]

Canned 10 quarts of pulpy concord grape juice. Hubby really liked it that way when I did it for the jam.

I can always make it into jam later if he doesn't drink it.

 

[Britesea]

I keep my canning rings in two bags I crocheted- one for each size. I like the idea of having just wide-mouth, but my supplies have been largely gifted to me so I didn't have much choice. I'm not willing to get rid of the regular mouth jars because we all know that "She Who Dies With The Most Canning Jars Wins" lololol.

 

[treerooted]

Tomato sauce!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Tomato sauce!

Looks great!

 

[milkmansdaughter]

I'm officially jealous of all of you!!
I am sooo ready to can, and haven't had anything to can yet this year (the only stuff I have canned was gifted to me!) I'm hoping to get enough cucumbers this fall to actually can something!
I have dehydrated a few things (but all store bought except a few Asian pears and some okra and some peppers)
Here's what I've got to show for my canning efforts so far this year:

.) I'm really really hoping this falls garden grows better than the spring garden did...

 

[sumi]

@milkmansdaughter you are miles ahead of me! LOL With the moving and other stuff going on in my life, I have a wonderful book on canning (thank you @waretrop) and nothing else yet. I did look at a canner in a supermarket a few weeks ago quickly and wondered about it… But I'm not going to impulse buy equipment. Need to do some homework first and make sure I get good stuff.

I'm hoping by this time next year I'll be set up and have some garden produce to can, so I post my beautiful and yum looking work here as well

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Sumi, ALL of my canning equipment including a large and small canner were given to me before I moved here (except the strainer which I got when a store was going out of business.) Now I'll have to go get a book!
I have canned before, but it's been a loooong time. I have been using a dehydrator, but I really have very little set up for emergency supplies.