Hi Perchie!
I gave up my canner this fall. It was a big double stack job that weighed about 25 pounds empty, much more full. With degenerative disc and vertebrae disease in my neck along with narrowed inter-spaces and foramen I figured wrestling this beast around was probably in the top ten of things I shouldn't be doing so I gave the canner and most of my jars to our next door neighbor who has 14 kids....12 still at home. They plant a huge garden and provide a lot of their own food so I figured they could get better use out of it.
Still I love to make jam and jelly and want to make more for my own use. Mainly, I want to make it so I can avoid high fructose corn syrup that they put in commercial jams.
This past fall, I used apples from our orchard and made apple pie jam. First time attempt and it turned out great. Imagine apple pie filling chopped up and in a jelly jar. It's delicious.
Looking forward to seeing different jam and jelly recipes, and while it isn't canning in the true sense, anxious to see if anybody freeze preserves. I do green beans, apples and applesauce in the freezer. I also slow cook my old hens in a crock pot with a lot of stock, bone the meat and freeze the stock.
Much easier on my neck, shoulders and hands.
they have a "community" with extended family as well. Grandma Grandpa... and a few others. 
Which reminds me I have mustard greens that need to be cooked if they havent gone bad.... SMH. I only have so much energy and Christmas dinner did me in.
