"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Canning is a time capsule. It’s a way to hold on to the bright acidity of tomatoes and luscious sweetness ...

Beth Eslinger grew up in a family of dedicated gardeners, "so some of my first memories are my mom canning tomatoes and green beans, starting back when I was in elementary school. Now, I'm teaching my ...

It’s the time of year when gardeners are turning their ripe tomatoes into sauces and salsas and cucumbers into pickles. But a boom in gardening and preparing food at home during the coronavirus ...

When local retailers were kept busy in the spring with gardening supplies and seeds selling out in record time, they knew they’d better prepare for what was to come – a surge in people then canning ...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused many things to go MIA like toilet paper, meat, jigsaw puzzles, bicycles, graham crackers. In July supply shortages were reported for beer and soda cans and coins.

Bregg thinks the canning lid shortage stems from “a perfect storm” of conditions: COVID-weary folks turning to home-gardening and canning to alleviate grocery bills and fears of future food shortages; ...

Though the COVID-19 pandemic may take responsibility for much of life’s disruptions this year, the shortages and price gouging of canning supplies has its roots in the 2019 "snowpocalypse." People ...