Cook's Community Garden | Friendship Gardens Charlotte

Put up for the winter

July 16, 2011

No report yet on how many seals were good, but those who tried their hand at old-fashioned canning on Saturday suddenly have extended the life of their garden harvest.

Canning is a proven 19th century technology that will preserve the veggies in the photo at right for a cold day in February – just the way the Ball jars did for your great-grandmother with her relish and cucumber chips and tomatoes.

Cooks Community Garden hosted Saturday's canning class at the Cooks Memorial Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Participants brought their own produce, plus a $5 donation to cover the cost of materials.

Not a bad fee for a trip back to the era of Napoleon.

Interested in similar classes? On different subjects? E-mail Henry Owen, coordinator of the Friendship Gardens initiative.

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