Fall is a delicious time of the year.  Gardens and fruit trees are being harvested, kitchens are abuzz with activity making back to school snacks or freezer meals. Growing up, our house was always filled with preserves and jellies and wonderful smells in the kitchen. I’ve wanted to try my hand at canning for a while but was scared to invest a lot of time just to have it fail.  But this year I gave it a go. I started with crab apple jelly and bread and butter pickles. I only made a couple jars of jelly because it was taking a while to cut the tiny apples and as my…