We Don't Have a Garden Yet. We Don't Have Any Vegetables Yet. But We Can Can Water!

Since Sharon and I were married a few months ago, we embarked on a quest to become more self-sufficient.  When the ground thaws we plan to plant some sort of garden.  Historically even my $3 room plant from Wal-Mart survived no longer than a few weeks; I think I drowned them with too much tender loving (or probably too much water, as Sharon recently pointed out that they don't require watering everyday).  But this time will be different, we hope.

We have a nice rectangular spot in our yard picked out - away from trees or the stream that courses its way through our yard each time it rains.

Last night, we tested out one of our favorite toys that was given to us as a treat for getting married - a 23 quart pressure canner!  For fear of poisoning ourselves or exploding some sort of mutilated goop all over our kitchen, we just canned water for this first attempt at canning.

Mason jar lids have two parts - the part that screws on and the part that just sits on top.  After cooking our water, you can even pick up the can by the part that sits on top without the screw-on part.  I am quite impressed, and I feel I have been neglected by someone that should have introduced me to canning at some point in my childhood.  Awesome.  As proof, see below.