I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar—Thomas Jefferson

Cucumbers can be purchased in your local grocers, farmers markets or farm stores. You can find cannimg recipes to use in the Ball Blue Book or this quick and easy recipe for refrigerator pickles;

http://www.organicgardening.com/cook/refrigerator-pickles?cm_mmc=facebook-_-OrganicGardening-_-Content-Cook-_-pickle

The USDA canning guidelines can be found here if you can't find a Ball Blue Book or So Easy to Preserve from the Cooperative Extension at the University of Georgia.

http://pickyourown.org/allaboutcanning.htm

The Ball website calls us to "Can it Forward" on August 13th! Let's do it!

http://www.freshpreserving.com/home.aspx

Anyone want a canning class? sign up in comments or look at these videos online;

http://www.thesizzleworks.com/