Canning tracker Tutorial

Welcome

Scroll through and follow the Tutorial to see how this tracker works.

SLH Canning (Pantry/Freezer) Tracker system

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STEP 1:

Right at the top of the page you will find the Welcome message Telling what to start with.

Fill in your name (Gibson Family Canning Tracker) or whatever you want to name it.

don't forget to hit that SAVE NAME button

Now your page will look something like this.

Note: if you don't like it, you can Rename it.

Next, we are going to walk through each button. Starting with HARVEST.

Step 2: Log a Harvest

Click on the Log Harvest button. This is where you will enter (last year's harvest, or if the timing is right, this year's harvest. Skip this step if you don't want to do that yet. But here is what it will look like when you do.

Just a side note before we get back to Step 2: adding your first Garden Crop Harves:

Now: this bar: Shows Pantry Jars Left, Freezer Packs left, Batches Processed and Needs Restocking.

These aren't just pretty boxes. Click on each one and it will show you exactly what is there.

Once clicked on you will see a pop up of the

Pantry Shelf list

Once clicked on you will see a pop up of the

Freezer Packs Left

Once clicked on you will see a pop up of the

Batches Processed

Once clicked on you will see a pop up of the

Needs Restocking

Back to adding your Garden Harvest log:

This is what it looks like after hitting Save Harvest.

Example: I added some info, added prep notes then hit "Save Harvest" button (in Red)

Repeat as needed for each Produce type.

Next step. Click on Canning, click on Log a Batch

Step 3: Canning - Log a batch

Enter your information: Example: I logged in a batch of Tomatoes.

Name your item, choose a TYPE from the drop-down menu (you can choose other), choose DATE PROCESSED, choose NUMBER OF JARS, JAR SIZES from the drop-down menu, METHOD of canning, PROCESSING TIME (MIN), HEADSPACE, RECIPE/SOURCE if any, and CUSTOM EXPIRY DATE. Then fill in the notes, if any. Then click save.

Next up:

Step 4: Pantry-Freezer

Add pantry item ( Then we move on to FREEZER in this same section, and then SUPPLIES )

This is what it looks like with 0 stock left

This is what it looks like if you have 1 or more left

since this batch was set at 0 remaining jars (because it was canned in 2022 and we have eaten it all. This is what that looks like. Also a good way to show you how once it hits below 1 on restock warning. It give's me a great warning that i have 1 restock needed in that top bar.

NEXT: we show you Deep Chest Freezer (Will be renaming this to just Freezer, with the option to have multiple freezers (as we do) and Freezer type. (Hubby needs detailed descriptions.. lol)

Click on the "Add Stock Item"

Side NOTE: PLEASE don't forget to hit SAVE STOCK ITEM ( SAVE ITEM)

also: You can Save as CSV/pdf now or wait until you are done with all entries.

it will save as canning-tracker.csv / your-Tracker-name-you-chose---inventory-canning-tracker.pdf

see image below: when saving as PDF, you can choose which sections you want to save.

Step 5:

Review Pantry Board button

What we have here is three items:

Next-season Plannig Board. This is where you will find out how much you did and track if you have a item / items you should have planted more of, but can plan more of in the following planting season.

Preservation Goals: this is where you put in how many of that "low" item you ran out of, plan it here for the following season.

Homestead Planning Shopping list: This is where when you noticed you were running low on items "Canning jars, lids, vacuum seal bags, pectin ect" this is where it ends up. You can manually add items from here as well. Then just go up top of the page and click download pdf, pick the list to print and go shopping.

Step 6: Canning Assistant Ai

Choose from a pre-determined number of questions: Or type in your own question, about anything canning, preserving, I will add though, Ai is not too keen on rebel canning methods so it will probably not do very well with any of those questions. For that, there are some great Facebook groups you can join. I recommend joining ones in the UK. They are the experts.

I tapped on the question: Is it safe to water bath can butternut squash?

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