Canning

I love raspberry jam. It is one of my favorite kinds of homemade jam. I have fond memories of my mom making it when I was a child and enjoying it with butter and toast. I have been trying to get my raspberry plants going for the past couple of years, and this year I…

If you want to enjoy the taste of fresh strawberry lemonade in the winter time, then you might consider canning strawberry lemonade concentrate in the summer when strawberries are plentiful and putting away a few jars to enjoy during winter months. It is now one of my favorite recipes for canning strawberries.   Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate…

How to Can Rose Petal Jam We moved to live closer to the mountains a few years ago. One of the wonderful things we are now enjoying is the beauty of wild roses every May-June. I have been looking for ways to preserve the scent of these beautifully fragrant flowers. This year I am canning…

I love this time of year when the wild roses start blooming. I have tried a few recipes using these wonderfully fragrant rose petals. This year I decided to try making and canning rose simple syrup.   Note: You don’t have to can this recipe, you can make just a pint or two and put…

Yay! It’s asparagus season again. We have asparagus fields not even 10 miles from where we live and I have never gone to a farm to buy fresh cut asparagus. Well, this year I did, and I am so glad that I did. Time to learn how to can pickled asparagus. Pickled asparagus is one…