How To Can Food: 5 Steps To Get Started With Canning

"We all work so hard to bring in bumper crops of fruits and vegetables to feed ourselves and our families. During this time of year, I am overjoyed when the spring crops begin to bear food and am even more delighted when the first tomatoes begin to ripen.  For me, I always have more bounty from my garden than I know what to do with, and as a homesteader, I prefer not to waste a single thing. So aside from cooking and eating fresh foods, I preserve all of my leftovers by canning them, so that they can be eaten in the less productive months, or when I need that stockpile of homemade delicious emergency food"