Canning

Can you call it canning if you only had enough fruit for two cans?  I guess so.

I pulled out the nectarines tonight intending to just dehydrate some of them.  It was so hot today the idea of canning was not appealing.  But I realized most of them were not looking great so I just had to do it, even though it was getting a bit late.

My first experience canning was pretty fun for the most part.  Thanks to a friend letting me watch her can last night (thanks Em!) I felt pretty confident that I knew what I was doing.  I was pretty sad by all the very bruised and even rotten fruit I had to throw out - Gabe & Elena were definitely adding fruit off the ground into the bucket when I wasn't looking.  But I managed to get enough for two cans and one tray on my *new* dehydrator (garage sale find!).  I've also got a tray of blueberries in the dehydrator and now that it's after midnight and I'm finally done, I'm off to bed. :)