Operation Caning of Tomatoes

Greetings!

As a continuation of my summer garden project...I decided to can the tomatoes I've got in so far. Just today I brought in almost a whole bucket!

My dad was telling me how Grandma Rosie would can crates and crates of tomatoes...I canned three jars. haha! 

I will be canning as they come in though, so by the end of the season I should have quite a bit...still, not crates and crates ;)

Anyway...mom and I got our little aprons on and went to work!

All of my maters (pile on the left wasn't quite ready yet) 

Me and the rents (compliments to Sister Dawn Carter for making me that cute little apron:)

Waiting for the water to boil... 

Roma and Pear tomatoes 

Hannah getting fancy with the pictures 

Boiling jars, lids, and water for the maters 

I love waiting. Really. 

Blanching them... 

Pealing... 

... 

Filling the first jar! 

Adding salt..

 Putting the lid on

 Time for the cherry tomatoes!

Like I said...I only got two jars of the Romas and one jar of the cherries. I would have two jars of the cherries but we had a little...technical difficulty. :)

Until next time friends!