The Polk County Extension Office is offering a “Canning and Preserving Made Easy” series of workshops. The first in the series of workshops is “Canning Made Easy,” an overview of canning fruits and vegetables and will be held at the Polk County Extension Center on Thursday, June 9. This two-hour workshop will be at 2 p.m. with another at 6 p.m. Both classes cover the same materials.

The second canning workshop, “Canning Jam, Jellies and Pickles” will be on Thursday, June 16. This workshop will also be a two-hour class with one class at 2 p.m. and another at 6 p.m.

The “Ball Blue Book of Canning” will be available for sale during both classes.

Call the Polk County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension Service at 828-894-8218 to reserve space for these workshops or if you have any questions.

– article submitted by Jimmi Buell