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I also have the victorio steam canner. It's the only BWB canner I use now. So much faster & safer than a huge pot full of boiling water. I can even stack a 2nd row of half pint jars so I can get 16 jars in one batch. It holds 7 quart jars...

The avery website makes it so easy. You can save the design so the next time you need it, you can just pull it up. It's works wonderfully for me.

I use avery.com to print my labels. I use a size 2x4 inches for the sides. For the fruit I'm using, I do a google search, or Bing, for strawberry clip art. I like to use drawings / clip-art for the images instead of photos. When I find an image I like, I save it to my computer and then import...

We do the same thing with the funny names. We have a Swamp Pop, and a Watermelon Crawl. I also put funny pictures on the labels for the kind of jam it is. This is the picture that's on our Strawberry Jam:

I have a small stand selling my jams & jellies at a local farmers market. I'm running low on a lot of things so this week is a major jelly making week. So far this week I've made Grape Jelly, Sugar Free Grape Jelly, Cherry Jam, Sugar Free Cherry Jam, Crawfish Jelly and Thai Pepper Jelly. I still...

Going to brag a little bit. I've been using Pomona Pectin in more & more of the jams & jellies I sell at a farmers market. They folks at Pomona are so helpful in helping me convert my recipes to Pomona. In one email to them, I mentioned that I sell my jams & jellies. I got a response asking me...

I sell jams at a farmers market and encourage my customers to return the jars to me. When they've returned 10 jars, they get a free jar of jelly. Not really profitable for me. but it encourages they to buy more. And family & friends know that if they want more, they have to return the jars!!

I don't eat those really hot peppers - they go into jellies that I sell at the farmers market. I have customers that simply want HOT. I have no intention of even tasting these peppers!! Your Carolina Reaper that you keep from year-to-year, what do you do with it in the winter. I just noticed...

Picked purple hull field peas yesterday & canned 7 quarts. My peppers are doing great in the garden this year. I have jalapenos, habaneros, Carolina reapers, naglah red, and a few others. I love those hot peppers! Since I have so much trouble growing bell peppers, I'm trying Gypsy peppers this...

I'm using frozen pineapple chunks that I get from a restaurant supply store. I really don't know if they're precooked or not. But I'll give precooking a try the next time I make some. How long would you suggest I cook them?

Here are all 3 of my doggies, From left to right: Zeva, Sammy, Bo. Sammy & Bo are the ones I cook for, although Zeva does all cleanup of any leftovers. Zeva was my Mom's dog & when she passed, we got her. I was really concerned about how she would interact with the small dogs. She's a pitt bull...

I guess with all the spring planting, no one's had anything to can. But yesterday was a really big canning day for me. First, I have 2 older little dogs who have had a lot of their teeth removed. Their vet said that instead of giving them canned food, get a high quality dry dog food, and add a...

After doing some research, I found that rhubarb has a hard time thriving with the high temps & humidity in New Orleans. They could be grown as an annual in early spring, but our spring quickly turns into hot summer temps. I think it's not worth the trouble.

I wish we could grow Rhubarb here in the south - New Orleans. When I lived in Nebraska, it was a favorite of mine.

Those have not been approved for canning by the USDA. A couple of universities are testing them, but no published results so far.

This is the time of year that satsumas come in. I've been wanting to try a jelly or marmalade with these delicious citrus, but haven't until this year. I found this recipe for marmalade: http://www.culicurious.com/satsuma-marmalade-recipe/ and the spices looked interesting, so I gave it a try...

I wish I had pecans to stain my nails. But I can surely use this idea when my nails are stained from blueberries or blackberries!

Here's a good video that shows the planting process. Because I live in Louisiana with high heat & humidity, it's difficult to keep strawberries from year to year. Too many diseases & insects. I'm not sure about Florida, but your local extension service can help you out.

3goodeggs, I get bare-root strawberries and usually plant them in November, with a harvest in April thru June.The variety is chandler & it grows well in Louisiana. I had to order them from a country town nursery about 4 hours away from New Orleans, but a friend is going to pick them up for me &...

I've got 12 pints of field peas in the canner as I write this. That's the last of the field peas for this year. All the plants have been removed, some fertilizer spread & the ground forked over a little. Next week, strawberries get planted in those beds.