Michelle, will you be canning your own garden crops or are you bringing in bushels of veggies and fruit? Or both? Over on facebook this afternoon I posted a link to a photo from the 1930s, showing a cellar full of shelves of quarts of canned stuff. When I'm by myself I mostly can pints and half-pints.

Linn, so sorry the search for berries took you into harm's way. Fruit has been late here this year, is that the case with the berries? Or are the vines crowded out and gone? When I lived and worked in the woods (in Wa State) my rule of thumb was to stop and eat the berries when I found them. Chances were I wouldn't find them again or they'd be gone when I came back by.

Dorothy, if you get a headache, please promise you'll go get it checked out. Head injuries aren't something to be ignored, even if you have a hard head!

SRS