My mother canned a lot. She had 11 kids to feed so she raised a big garden and canned everything she grew. No fruit trees so she had to buy peaches and apples to can. Also, she made lots of beautiful quilts. I don't know how she did all that, makes me tired just thinking about it. I have canned fruit and made jellies when I was a young mother. Now that there is just the two of us, it is much easier to buy what I need at the grocery store.