5 tips for canning 🧽 To keep your seal as tight as possible rub some vinegar around the rim before canning. This will help prevent sugar crystals from developing around the rim and ruining your seal. 🍁To help keep your pickles nice and crunchy, add a single grape or oak leaf to the bottom of your jar before canning. 🍓Marinate your strawberries overnight in sugar to concentrate the flavor and keep it from getting too foamy. 🤏 A tiny pinch of baking soda can help neutralize the acidity in tomatoes, mellowing out the flavor and keeping it from being too acidic. 🧅 Speaking of tomatoes, adding a single basil leaf brings out the aroma and is a natural preservative. You can also add a penny sized slice of onion to bring out the flavor and reduce bitterness. #canning #tips #garden #homestead #shilohfarm