Small batch canning–Raspberry Jam

This is how I pick raspberry jam–I hold the container and the branch in one hand and pick with the other–picking 12 pints went really quickly . . . because I had a little help from my friends. Picking raspberries would not necessarily be on my “to do” list. But when asked to join in–I…

Small Batch Canning

I grew up on a farm.  We began canning when the strawberries were ripe and didn’t end until all the cucumbers and corn were harvested.  My job in the canning process was to wash the jars–I was the smallest and my tiny hands fit inside the small mouth jars perfectly. In my effort to eat…