Canning Foods at Home to Preserve Garden Harvest

Learn how to preserve your homegrown garden harvest by canning vegetables and fruits at home! Canning is a method to preserve food in jars at high temperatures for a long period of time, killing microorganisms and inactivates enzymes. The heating process removes air from the jar, creating a vacuum seal as food cools. Before getting started, you will need some basic canning tools to make your canning process easy. *Please note: Canning supplies are in high demand right now. Many products keeping running low on stock or are out of stock temporarily. 

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1. Ball Canning Jars

Ball Jars are classic canning jars that come with rings and lids so that you are ready to start canning! You can purchase pint or quart size jars depending on your canning needs!

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2. Ball Jar Lifter

Ball Jar Lifter makes canning safer by allowing you to easily insert and remove jars into hot boiling water. When your jars are done processing they are extremely hot and this tool makes it possible to handle! 

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3. Canner 20-Quart Stock Pot

Roots & Branches created a 20-quart canner appropriately named "Harvest" that is made with stainless steel. It comes with a canning rack that holds 8 pint or 7 quart jars. My favorite feature is the temperature indicator on the lid that tells you when the water is ready for canning depending on your elevation.

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4. Funnel

I love this canning funnel because it fits wide and regular mouth jars. It is a very clean and clever design that doesn't make a mess! 

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5. Best Canning Book

There are so many recipes online however Ball Canning Back to Basics is a great place to start for a guide to canning jams, jellies, pickles, and more!

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6. Magnetic Lid Wand

It is so important to make sure everything is sterilized when canning including the lids! This magnetic lid wand helps to easily remove lids from boiling water (sometimes they fall to the bottom). 

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7. Canning Weights

This are excellent if you are canning your own sauerkraut or kimchi. The glass canning weights help to keep your cabbage underneath the fermenting liquid and removes air bubbles. This will prevent bacteria growth while fermenting. 

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8. Easy Fermentation Jar Lids

The easy fermentation jar lids allows gases escape while keeping contaminates from entering during fermentation. This prevents mold and bacteria growth which is super helpful!

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