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Generally, the process begins by sterilizing canning jars in boiling water. Then, once you’ve filled them with hot jam or ...

So, you planted a garden, lucked out when your property included fruit trees, stumbled upon a produce sale you just couldn’t pass up, or joined a Community Supported Agriculture group. Good for you!

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ace canner Dana Coffield put together this guide to preserving the harvest for the Food section in 2004. Not much has changed in these time-tested techniques ...