We took a canning class back in early June and we finally got everything set up to can at our house. We found out in the class that it's not recommended to use canners on a ceramic top stoves because the canners are usually bigger than the burner space and since they get so hot for so long it can crack or damage the ceramic tops. Since we just bought our stove last year when we moved into our house we were not willing to risk damaging it! Chad built a table for our deck and we bought a portable gas cooktop that we can connect to propane tanks. Once we had our cooktop and our canners ready we were finally ready to can! For our first project we bought 2 boxes of canning tomatoes at the farmer's market. Since this was our first time canning we learned a few things to make things easier. Tomatoes are a LOT of work to prepare for canning - the actual canning part is pretty easy. We did one box and canned one day and then prepared the second box one evening after work and then did the canning the next day after work so it wasn't so much work in one day/evening. I also think something like green beans would be MUCH easier. Overall, I think it went pretty well. It was a little stressful that first day, but we got the hang of it and in the grand scheme of things 2 days of work for a fall/winter supply of fresh, farmer's market tomatoes is definitely worth it! Here are a few pictures from our first time canning:
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