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The Importance of Proper Headspace When Home Canning

Safe Canning Practices, Tips, Tricks and Techniques
The importance of understanding proper headspace when home canning is key to eliminating lid failures.   Crucial: Knowing Proper Headspace There are several key terms often found in canning recipes.  Understanding them and properly utilizing their instruction will often be the determining factor as to whether your lids seal or…
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Three Main Elements to Safe Canning Practices

Safe Canning Practices, Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Understanding safe canning practices is essential for anyone looking to preserve food at home. By following the right methods, you can ensure the longevity and safety of your canned goods for you and your family. I am often asked, “what keeps us safe when home canning“? I sometimes use affiliate…
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The Benefits of Pressure Canning

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Pressure Canning opens a whole new world to food preservation.   The benefits of pressure canning allow home canners the ability to preserve more than just high acidic foods in a water bather like jam, tomatoes and pickled items. Having a pressure canner in your arsenal of canning supplies is…
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Canning Michigan Strawberries

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Spring Canning Michigan Strawberries Finally the snow is gone, the birds are chirping and things are greening up beautifully.  Many of us gardeners and home canners are excited for strawberry season!  Picking your own berries to enjoy fresh and in canning recipes is a sure delight!  Strawberries are considered one…
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New Cookbook Release – Canning Full Circle – Press Release

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New cookbook releases May 1 as the first complete canning guide from garden to jar to table Grand Rapids, Mich. (April 10, 2017) – On May 1, nationally-syndicated food preservation expert Diane Devereaux will release the first comprehensive guide to home canning with her latest book, Canning Full Circle: From…
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Planning Your Canning Garden

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Here are some fun tips to help you Plan Your Canning Garden Spring is around the corner and nothing has me more excited than the snow melting, the birds chirping and knowing I will soon be back out in my garden again.  Actually, it is seeing the plans I laid…
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