Originally Posted by Jshep
I don't know how to can, but would love to learn. I had my first garden this year and it has done wonderful. Gave most of the stuff away. Some I froze. I have always heard pressure canners are dangerous. Is that so? Wish all you canners on here would teach us newbies how to can like the quilters are teaching the newbies how to quilt. I am also learning to quilt and love it. So all of you canners out there, how about teaching us how to do it?
I'd advise you to start small. My family and I split up in a peach orchard and picked over 300 pounds of peaches in less than 20 minutes. I thought I'd never see the end of them. I found some marvelous recipes that year though - I had to get creative!