Canning

I attempted canning all by myself for the first time today.
I learned that this isn't necessarily hard, just time consuming.

I ordered some pie cherries from Oregon.
This was a great idea because they came prepared and pitted!!!
That was a huge time saver!

Plus, look how pretty they are.
Beautiful red in color, and delicious!!

First I filled my prepared jars.
Then I made a sugar syrup.
I poured the sugar syrup on top of the cherries,
and into the water bath they went.

After boiling for quite some time,
they were finished processing.

The end result:
delicious cherry pie all year round!