I canned peaches and seedless blackberry jam

About 6 months ago, I figured I would never can in my life, so I gave away all the jars I had. Then guess what? We had an Enrichment taught by Debbie and Cathy and I got the itch to try something new.

So, I asked my handy aunt/cousin to coach me live through the experience. Thank you Family!

I bought the 20# box of free stone peaches at Foleys for $14.95. I laid them out flat in the laundry room for 4 days to ripen up and not be squished in the box.

I bought 12 jars/seals/rings at Fred Meyers for $10. I found out that about 3 peaches (6 halves) fit in a quart jar.

Although a pretty simple process overall, lots of bowls and pots are needed for various steps.

Here is my final outcome.

Oh and canned seedless black berry jam with fresh berries that we picked just minutes before canning them. I even tried the new plastic 'jars' that are sold by Ziplock. Fun.