First time Canning!

Started the adventure yesterday! 15 pints of Blackberry's and sugar, canner and all types of utensils needed for canning. It was spread out ALL over the place.
Went about as smoothly as a first time canning could possibly go I believe. Think I walked about a mile in the kitchen, chasing this and that, utensils that I left over here and there. Wasn't able to keep my "stuff" together in one spot. Did discover that this kitchen IS NOT set up for this type of cooking. So I'm going to re-evalute how I should do this in the future to optimize the space and time.

In the end I have 7 pints of Blackberry jam. Now I'm waiting to see if the seals are good or if we get to start eating blackberry jam by the pint just about as quickly as we can before it all goes bad. Will keep you posted.

p.s. All of the lids sealed! Yipee for me!


p.s.s. I've already picked out multiple other canning recipes. Time to try something else...