Canning Across America

Growing up with siblings is an experience, to say the least. When the age gap is close to 15 years, and you’re the oldest

Have you ever seen a super hot deal on produce and think "I should can that"? Me, too. I’m what many seasoned canners call a "newbie": meaning that

A watercolor sketch Marcia Milner-Brage titled Marie's Pantry. Separately, Marcia's also captured Marie’s harvest before the canning.

Quick video out about How to Pickle Veggies with Marisa McClellan by the folks at The Daily.

I came to canning late in life, spurred on by friends who seemed to be making pickles, jams and other yummy things every time I stopped into their kitchens.

I first learned to can when I was about eight years old back in Texas. Four generations of women–my Great-Grandma

Many of us have fond memories of Blueberries for Sal, the classic Robert McCloskey picture book about a mother and daughter in 1940s Maine who head out one

I have started canning as a new tradition for our family. In the spring we started with making violet jelly. My children have had so much fun with the whole process.

Thanks to our friends at the Washington State Fruit Commission, we’ve got cherries on the brain - and on the stove, and in jars.

I am a member of a federally recognized Native American Reservation in Northwest Washington.