Harvest season canning

I have been busy canning the past couple of days. A lot of work, but worth the effort!  I "cold packed" them this year. It's much faster, in my opinion, than blanching first. The beans were pretty clean to begin with, so I didn't feel a need to blanch, as I usually do. I just gave them a good washing.

We have a young pear tree, so I was able to can a few of our pears. One of our generous neighbors gave us some of their excess pears as well, and I canned some and made pear butter. The whole family approved of the pear butter. I didn't follow a recipe, I just added some splenda  (so dh can eat it) and some cinnamon and a bit of cloves until it tasted right. Good stuff! Especially on a hot biscuit!