Gardening

What was the best: lake or river water? Judging tomatoes with friends or co-workers sounds like so much fun.

I have canned before and I have the jars and other items needed to do it, but the last few years we've been roasting tomatoes with basil and garlic and then we put them in gallon containers using a gallon-sized plastic bag. We put them on a cookie tin to make them perfectly flat, then stack them in the freezer.

If I can this year, I think I'll can chutneys, specialty salsas, and relishes with cucumbers, corn, coriander seeds, etc.