I love home canning. I guess it started when I was young. I use to help my grandmother can hundreds of jars of fruits and veggies every year. That was just what she did. My grandparents never bought a jar of peaches or green beans or corn. She canned everything. They always grew a garden and preserved everything. I learned early on how to do these things. Then as I got older we did less and less. Until I was married and had kids of my own. I decided I wanted to can a few things for my kids. Knowing what is in our food is so important to me. So I called up my Granny and wrote down everything she told me about canning. I purchased a book on preserving the harvest and started my canning collection. My first piece of canning equipment was my grandmothers water bath. I think it's about 50 years old. Each year or two I added a piece to my collection based on what I wanted to can that year. I so far have collected most of my canning supplies and I can can most anything. So today I am going to share my favorite canning supplies and a few canning recipes!
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