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By Maryruth Belsey-Priebe
Fact checked by Sander Tamm
Last updated: Jan 17, 2025
Preserve your harvests or those of your favorite local farmer by canning all year round. From canned tomatoes to summery jams and jellies, it's easy to plan your year of preserving with our simple monthly canning season calendar. For practical canning tips, read the "USDA's Guide to Home Canning". Factors such as acid levels play an important role in canning, so try not to wing it. And, use our canning season calendar to know exactly when it's time to whip out the pressure canner.
Canning Season Calendar / Ecolife
Monthly canning season calendar
Here's a monthly canning season calendar:
- May: Rhubarb sauce, pickled asparagus
- June: Strawberry jam, mint syrup
- July: Berry jams, peach sauce, pickled garlic, pitted cherries
- August: Tomato sauce, pickled jalapenos, and green beans
- September: Pickled cucumbers and onions, apple and pear sauce, canned corn
- October: Apple butter, pickled garlic-dills
- November: Pumpkin sauce, pickled mushrooms,
- December: Pineapple sauce, pickled beets
- January: Pickled beets, cranberry jam
- February: Pickled onions, turnips, and sweet potatoes
- March: Rhubarb sauce, pickled carrots
- April: Pickled radishes, pickled asparagus