One of my goals this year was to learn how to use (and not be afraid of) the pressure canner.
I think I accomplished half of that this last weekend...these things still slightly scare the beegeebers out of me.
The green bean plants have been pretty prolific so far this summer. We are harvesting from 2 beds of snap green beans; the pole beans are not producing yet and the other 3 beds of beans will be used as dried beans for winter soups.
and will get soft quick enough once the cooking starts.
I love the fact that you can stack the pint jars
to get more into the pot; it actually holds 20 total.