Canning party

I've always been scared of home canning... too many things to get right and too easy to mess it up... and then you kill someone with botulism. Yikes.

But this year Brad and I decided we should give it a try with some of the wonderful produce we're getting from our community garden. I bought cans and borrowed tools from my grandmother. Lindsey heard of our plans and asked to come learn too. Then Eryn. Pretty soon it was a full-blown canning party with five people dancing in my kitchen!
I/we made bread & butter pickles, dill pickles, Dr Pepper jelly, faux pineapple, apple butter, relish and green tomatoes. Not bad for our first try! We had a good time and aren't as scared. Hopefully we won't poison anyone :)