Green beans are such a great vegetable to add to a meal. I especially love to eat them sauteed up with onions and bacon. Learn how to freeze green beans from the garden (store, farmers market, or anywhere you get them) for easy use later.

The tangy taste of plums makes a great counterpart for the spices in this plum sauce. Plum Sauce makes for a great addition to pork, chicken, fish, or as a marinade.

I assessed the scorecards and talked with some judges and canning area superintendents at our fairs to help shine some light on just what the judges are looking for.

Frozen plums are great for a variety of uses including baking, smoothies, and, especially, eating plain.

Making plum juice is one of the easiest ways to preserve our plum harvest.

Plum butter is smoother with more spices and less sugar than jam but used in many of the same ways.

Canning and preserving plums allows you to enjoy them later either on their own or in another recipe. I really like using this recipe for the small plums that aren’t really worth pitting but are a perfect bite-sized snack. This preservation method for plums allows you to easily add to your long-term food storage pantry. How to Can and Preserve Whole Plums The following directions will make a 1- quart jar of canned plums. I love how easy it is knowing how much is needed for

Canned Blackberry Pie Filling is a family favorite of ours. When I was a child I remember my mother sending us out with a bowl and...

One of my favorite flavors of fruit butter is spiced cherry butter. Making fruit butter is such a great way not to waste any part of the fruit when juicing. Fruit butter tends to be smoother with more spices and less sugar than jam.

Cherry jelly has a beautiful jewel-type quality to it that makes it a wonderful gift to give with a loaf of bread or a fabulous treat to add to your toast in the morning.

Cherry juice has such great flavor and color. In addition to tasting great on its own, cherry juice can be a lovely juice to add to other juices like apple juice or make into beautiful jelly.

Homemade Sweet Cherry infused vinegar is a simple but great way to utilize your cherries.

This home-canned blackberry mango jam is great on bread, pancakes, waffles, or ice cream (plus any number of other items your family loves).

Canning my own jam allows me far more variety than I would ever find in our local grocery store. Not to mention, I know every ingredient put into it. With that in mind today I am providing you a recipe and tutorial for canning berry cherry jam.

Blackberry preserves are whole fruit preserved in a sweet syrup and can be used for a great number of sweet treats. Blackberry preserves are great on pancakes, waffles, ice cream, and any number of other food items you would eat with syrup. My teenage daughter really likes to dip cheese sticks in it or use it on salads or wraps.

My grandmother was famous for her dilly beans. She loved to make them and we loved to eat them. She would make anywhere from a mild to a super spicy pickled green bean. I like to go somewhere in the middle with my favorite pepper; chipotle. It is mildly hot with a smoky flavor and somehow still manages to be a little sweet.

Climbing beans are one of the wonders of my childhood. I remember my mother creating large teepees with poles and string for the beans...

I like to preserve whole blackberries by canning them because my freezer space is often limited and basic canned blackberries make a great ingredient for so many things.

This Vanilla Blackberry Jam without Pectin recipe is another great addition to my pantry.

Frozen blackberries have a variety of uses including canning, baking, smoothies, and even eating plain.