Family Peach Canning

Last night, my parents, sisters, family and friend canned several bushels of peaches in a couple of hours. Peach canning was always a family event when I was growing up. We would get 1 or 2 bushels and we all knew that we were to help. Last year, we started doing it again. We have a few more people to help but 5 households worth of peaches to process. It was a little crazy for a while but even though it is hard, messy work it is a fun time together. There were 3-4 of us at times in my small kitchen but no mishaps. I am happy to say that we were successful in getting them all done with the last canner load coming out around 11:30 last night. We will divide them all up today and have good eating all year. Next year, we will probably do the same.