Hey y'all,

Okay, we bought a new freezer at the beginning of summer and have made it our goal to fill it up.  We planted our first 'serious' garden this year, bought a tiller even.  We've attempted corn, greens (as in collard, mustard and turnip greens), squash, okra, cucumbers, tomatoes and various peppers.  The corn was a dud, I dunno what happened to it, not enough water, whatever.  The squash has been a bumper crop, woohoooo!  Okra..pffft ok we didn't plant enough to make a 'mess' when it got ready.  Tomatoes are yum, peppers are not yet, some greens did good, some did not, but I understand that a fall crop of greens is better here in the hot hot South lol.  Cucumbers, the jury is still out. 

SO, we've been making journeys to the local farmers market, putting up peas and butterbeans and tomatoes.  Does anyone know how to can tomatoes (you know, in jars, sealed lids) without a pressure canner?  I have my mom's old pressure canner, but it won't 'seal', you know?  I'm checking to see if I can replace the gasket, but in the meantime I just know that this can be done in just a big pot and boiling water, since tomatoes have a lot of acid and you don't have to worry about bacteria so much.  Help??