Canning Summer Bounty

This summer and fall I was able to preserve a lot of wonderful food for enjoyment through the next year. Canning is one of the ways I store bounty for later enjoyment, and I love looking at rows of beautifully colored canned foods on my pantry shelves! Growing and eating various and sometimes unusual colors is so much fun. The above photo is all carrots
I grew. 

I've received quite a few questions about various aspects of canning, how to, safety, things that it is possible to can, etc. So even though I've mentioned various aspects in different videos on canning particular foods, I did one long video just dedicated to canning questions for anyone wondering or new to the process.

And then I canned multiple colors of pickled carrots I grew. 

And spaghetti sauce I made, with tomatoes from the neighboring state since they don't grow in my area with all the cold. 

And peaches. From two states away, as that's the closest spot they will grow.

And sweet pickles. We had such a cold winter that lasted into the end of June that most of my cucumbers plants, even under their frost covers seemed to be a bit stunted and never really grew out of it. So I only was able to harvest about 4 of my own cucumbers this year. So often that's something I can grow, but not so much this year.

Have you ever canned food?