I think you have motivaged me too Judy Lee! It seems next to impossible to make a small batch of so many kinds of beans. But my family is getting smaller and smaller. If I were to make a batch, using the ham bone I kept in the freezer, I could can it, and enjoy it just a bottle at a time. I've canned my spaghetti sauce every summer for years- it's about 1000 times better than boughten!
Here's something to make you smile. The first year I lived in Utah, just married to a wonderful batchlor with 2 boys. They helped me plant my little garden, enjoyed the tomatoes, then as they came ripe faster than they were being eaten, I decided to get a batch of spagetti sauce going. They watched me simmer, add peppers, onion, etc. They in amazement they declaired "Wow - you made tomatoes into FOOD" But since then, they are spoiled into thinking that I can cook (or mend) anything!