Perfect as a Pear

This is the first year I've ever canned solo.

It's been pretty awesome.

My storage room actually looks like a storage room.

I've done

Peaches

Peach jam

Strawberry jam

Pears

and I have a box of apples sitting in my living room.

I really had a good time.

My kids have too.

My house is DESTROYED.

Why clean when mom is so clearly distracted.

The mess has been worth it.

 Aren't Pears so Pretty Jarred?

I wanted to put them around my house as decoration.

They made my kitchen seem so kitcheny

Penny isn't a huge fan of canning (yet) but by the time we did pears she at least knew that this was her spot and that she wasn't getting held. Peaches were a LONG LOUD process.

Pears

My syrup recipe is:

1 cup of sugar to 5 cups of water.

I hot packed my pears.

They are perfect 

they don't taste like they've been drowning in syrup.

 and it's just enough sugar to keep them from getting all dirty (brown)