Canning: Pickles and Crushed Tomatoes

It's what I do with the long days spent indoors this week:

First attempt pickling. I'll let you know how they turn out.

This is what an average day of harvesting tomatoes looks like lately. I've frozen many, many whole and blended tomatoes (not to mention zucchini!). I'm running out of space, so it's time to can!

I canned tomatoes last year and they were perfect for making homemade pasta sauce in the winter instead of buying canned sauce or out-of-season tomatoes. Just throw in some dried herbs from the garden, fresh garlic, mushrooms and onion and you've got tasty, healthy, homegrown saucy-goodness.