So The Garden Did Great This Year, Now what?

Gardens are starting to produce those lovely, fresh vegetables. A pressure canner is needed to ensure safe low-acid canned foods. There are no safe boiling water canning options for vegetables, meats and seafood, soups and some other mixtures of foods.
It is tempting to want to preserve your canned specialties in fancy jars and bottles. But the two-piece lid system and canning jars that take them are what we recommend for the home. When applied correctly, they are a good system for venting trapped air out of your jars during the canning process and can visually show that you have a vacuum seal when the jar cools. Read more about jars and lids.
If you have spent precious time and effort preparing your garden’s harvest for freezer storage, you do not want to lose it with power outages during summer storms. Read about preparing for power outages and also see our recommendations for what to do if the freezer stops.

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