Canning Beans

Thrifty Homeschooler is blogging about canning this week. Turns out it couldn't be at a better time. My green beans are ready to be harvested and canned for use on cold winter days. Yesterday Lee helped pick and then we all snipped. Grace helped me with the canning process. She was intrigued by all the steps necessary for proper preservation. They all watched Princess and the Pea in the heat of the day and then Grace biked to Grandpa's to vaccuum his bedroom and wash his kitchen floor. She's been looking for extra jobs (that pay) in order to save money for camp, which she might do next summer. I used my favorite line on her, "We'll see". So, we'll see if she goes to camp next summer; it's hard to think about not having her around for a full week.