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This, yes! I used up all my wide mouth pint jars for things like applesauce and apple butter. Then I had to buy more WM pints for something else. Pourable stuff can go in the narrow (regular) mouth jars just fine. That saves the WM for stuff you want to pack in by hand, and really fill the jar...

@Auntiejessi3, Another thing I want to mention. You may know this already. Canning jars come in lots of volume sizes, but only two opening sizes: regular (smaller) and wide mouth. If you're canning tomatoes, wide mouth quart jars are easier to use. You can get your hand inside and moosh the...

@Auntiejessi3, tomatoes are a lot of people's "gateway" canning experience. You don't need a pressure canner, so the up front expense isn't too bad. Corn and beans MUST be pressure canned. A pressure canner can be pretty pricey. NOTE: a pressure canner and a pressure cooker are not necessarily...

I dehydrate apples that I can get for cheap at the end of the season. I got a half bushel of Macs for sauce, and since it was a BOGO, I got a half bushel of Empire for free. I've found that if you have to pay full price for fruit to dehydrate, you don't save anything. So I wait for the seasonal...

I can about 50-60 quarts of tomatoes every fall. I also can salsa: hot-hot-hot for hubby, and wimpy mild for me. I make apple butter and sauce, and have done some jams/jellies. I haven't pressure canned anything in quite some time. If my beans ever produce enough that I can't eat them all, I...