CANNING CRAZY

Laura has been very busy canning tomatoes, salsa and peaches. We have done canning in the past, but this has been a real learning time for us this year. She canned some green beans but without a pressure canner. The results were less than pleasing. About 45 quarts all went bad, an expensive lesson in using the right equipment. We would love to get to the point (hopefully starting next year) that we raise most of our own garden items and produce enough to last through out the year. It is neither cheap or easy to do as we are finding out, but well worth the effort and pain. Laura has been a real jewel even with the problems she still perseveres as one working unto the Lord.