First canning of the season

It is that time of year again, time for canning. I ordered a box of cosmetically challenged nectarines which was the first project we took on. These nectarines were delicious but at 10 lbs you can only eat so many which is the perfect time to can.

First we made Nectarine Jam using the recipe from the pectin box.

Then we made nectarine butter from Blue Ribbon Preserves

It is carrot season and we have gotten a ton of them in the weekly box, to avoid wasting them I decided we should can them and the parsnips. We used the recipe in Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving

 With all the zucchini we have been getting it was time to make more zucchini relish. I love the stuff and we always use it up before the next year. We used our standard recipe from Ball Blue Book of Home Preserving

Katie loves the jars, they are very pretty.