i remember as a little girl we had two beautiful peach trees in our yard a long with a lot of other fruit trees. i used to help my mom can all the peaches. i would use a chop stick to push the little peaches around in the jar to make sure the pitted side was facing in. i always thought that was a dumb chore. why did it matter if the pit side was showing? then, of course while doing my peaches yesterday i was standing there using a chopstick to make sure it looked pretty with the pit side not showing. funny how things change. but, it was fun to finally get my mom’s canning supplies over at my house to learn my new canning skills.

i canned a half a bushel of peaches and got 14 jars of beautiful peaches.

the mr. has already gone through a half a jar and promptly asked if i’d be canning any more. well, i guess i’m going to have to so they’ll at least last us through the winter.

i found a great resource online with pictures to help you learn to can peaches.

click here.