Another year of canning and I still love to can. This year I canned 102 jars of various items. Here is a list of items I canned:

• Wine Jelly: Concord Grape, Elderberry, Cherry, Zinfandel and Blackberry.
• Chutneys: Peach, Apple and My Mom's.
• Jelly, Jam or Preserves: Lemon Mint, Apple, Pineapple/Kiwi, Peach and Peach Cobbler.
• Relishes: Beet, Carrot, Corn & Pepper and Cranberry.
• Pickles: Maraschino Watermelon Rind and Okra.
• Vegetables: Tomatoes.

For the year of 2009 I canned 251 jars of various items. I continue to love to can, trying new items as well doing many of the same recipes.

The items I did this year are:

• Blackberry Wine & Sangria Wine Jellys,
• Pineapple Kiwi, & Amaretto Peach Jams,
• Apple Sauce, & Apple Nutmeg Conserve,
• Spiced Peach Chutney,
• My Mom's Chutney, & Pineapple Chutney,
• Medium, Hot & Peach Salsas,
• Lime Jelly, & Honey Lemon Jelly,
• Spiced Pineapple & Peach Jams,
• Rose Wine & Zinvendal Wine Jellys,
• Champagne Wine, & Elderberry Wine Jellys,
• Creamy Peach Wine Jelly,
• Pickle Relish, Beet Relish, & Garden Salad,
• Squash Pickles, & Bread and Butter Pickles,
• Green Beans, & Stewed Tomatoes,
• Watermelon Pineapple Preserves,
• Pineapple, & Lemon Pineapple Jams,
• Sweet and Hot Corn Relish,
• Cranberry Relish, Watermelon Rind Relish,
• Concord Grape Wine Jelly.

This has been a wonderful year for canning and I do love to can. I have been using Xylitol for some of the relishes and jam and they turn out wonderful. The sweetness is the same, no sugar, and I can share with my diabetic friends without a problem.

I did 230 jars of various things. These included:

• Sangria, Zinfindal, & Rosa Wine Jelly,
• Garden Relish, Plums, Summer Squash Pickles,
• Blueberry Jam, Apple Raisin Marmalade,
• Tomatoes, Blueberries, Blueberry Lime Jam,
• Okra Pickles, Green Beans, Stewed Tomatoes,
• Pickle Relish, Pear Relish, Corn Relish, Corn & Pepper Relish, Cranberry Relish,
• Pineapple Jam, Pineapple & Pear Jam and Lime Jam.

A good year for canning!

I canned 141 jars of food. This consisted of:

• Apple Preserves, Lime Jelly, Pineapple Jam,
• Okra Pickles, Stewed Tomatoes, Citrus Jelly,
• Tomato Juice, Watermelon Jelly, Okra & Tomatoes,
• Apple Chutney and Hot Apple Chutney.

For the year 2006 I canned 92 jars of food.

These included:

• Apple Raisin Marmalade, Apple Preserves,
• Summer Squash Pickles, Watermelon Pickles,
• plus Blueberry Jam with and without sugar.

It was a good year for canning. I canned 129 jars of food.

These were:

• Apple Preserve, Apple Raisin Marmalade, Strawberry Jam,
• Grapefruit Sections, Orange Sections,
• Blackberry Jam, Blueberry Jam,
• Blackberry Syrup, Blueberry Syrup and Blueberry Light Syrup.

This was the first year of keeping track of my canning. In 2004 I canned 180 jars of food.

This included:

• Summer Squash Pickles, Zucchini Pickles,
• Blueberry Jam, Blueberries in Syrup,
• Green Beans, Stewed Tomatoes,
• Blackberries in Syrup, Watermelon Pickles and Pickled Okra.