Step by Step- Canning English Peas 

Danny you know something like this is simple and easy for u, but I have never seen anyone plant them, shell them or can them , I love them and never ate them fresh, it never crossed my mind, you had taught us all so much.

Now, those are some blue-ribbon-at-the-county-fair peas! As a survivor of childhood canned grey lumps that were labeled "Peas," these are indeed a blessing. Btw, to me OCD stands for "OCcupied with Details." Your videos are jam-packed with important details that can make the difference between success and Oh Crap! What went wrong?! Many thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience.

The peas look good. Thanks

Great how to video, thanks. Good looking english peas. Wanda got her wish, awesome.

Danny has solved my great mystery. When I opened my canned English peas from last year they were so bitter I couldn't eat them. Thank goodness I only canned a few jars. If I remember correctly I would pick them in the afternoon, shell them at night and put in the fridge to can the next day. I didn't know they would loose their sweetness shortly after being shelled. I will definitely do different next time. Mystery solved, thanks Danny, you and Wanda always include great little nuggets of info. In your videos. Also never knew that pulling the weeds out next to the root would disturb the plant roots, thanks again, I am learning so many useful tips to use here on our homestead. Have a good day and Happy Homesteading !

there is something so nurturing about watching someone can. it takes me back to a time when my grandparents would come to the farm and help with the harvest and canning. We have English peas in the ground for the first time this year. I hope to be doing this myself soon. Thanks for the easy instructions. blessings! LeXze and Hubby G

New subscriber here, not posted before but had to this time. Big smile when I saw title of English peas. These were just called peas when I was growing up in Missouri and not until I moved to Texas years ago did I learn they were “English”peas. So many roadside stands advertising peas I pulled into before learning peas were purple hull and others I called beans before I finally asked. Yep, y’all are truly southerners. Thank you for the delightful memory. Hope you continue your great vids as I work through all your old ones.

Those peas look gorgeous, over here fresh garden mint is often served with new potatoes. What about trying to add a few mint leaves in with the jars as you can them.

Ms. Wanda and Danny I'm canning for the first time this year. Thank you!!🙌

Great job!

I would love to be your neighbor, you two seem like wonderful wholesome people....and very wise gardeners.

Looks great Mr.Danny love watching you and Mrs. Wanda

Well I have a 4x4 garden in my front yard. We live in the city and I harvested a half cup of peas. Thank you for showing me how to grow, harvest, and preserve my peas.

Thanks for sharing the canning technique you use! Peas looked really pretty and green in the canning jars.

I love new potato and peas.

I have been in love with canning tue last couple of years! I have learned a grear deal from you both. Thank you for All the canning videos.

I've got to start planting more if I can figure some space. I've never had any make it into the house. They are my garden snack when they start growing, I am serious. None of them ever make it indoors. I ate them right off the vine raw. LOL Thanks for the video.

Thanks for corn tip, didn't know that either. I have heirloom sweet corn coming on. I will just dedicate the whole day to canning it from start to finish instead of shucking and silking one day and canning the next. You just saved me from inedible corn, thanks!

New Sub for a couple reasons: Thank you for the information you provided about the pea plant root system. I learned something today! No need to sterilize the jars when pressure canning; the temp inside the canner gets so hot that it sterilizes the jars and kills whatever bacterial entities that may be lurking. But please, rinse the jars before putting food in it to flush out any dust/debris inside! Water bath canned stuff NEED to have the jars sterilized before using the jars as the WB canning process doesn’t get hot enough to do it.

Nice video I forgot how to do peas now you have refresh my memory Thank you 👍☮️❤️

Have never grown English peas....look yummy!

Yummy. Thank you for showing every detail.

So glad y'all did this!! I thought I couldn't can peas!! Thank you!!

lot of people don't no the work that it takes...great vid

Just found and watched this. If there are enough peas, I am going to pressure can peas in my new All American presser canner. This will be the first time I will be using it. Also, the first time I have pressure canned in many years. I am hoping there are enough peas for four pints.

Praying I get enough to can this year

ya, we need some water too.... our peas never make it inside lol, i end up eating them while working outside :)

Great job

love peas

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Those peas looks so yummy, wish I could grab some off my computer and eat them LOL

This is how I learned to can - RU-vid University :) Thanks for posting.

another great video!

If I have an empty space in the canner I can a jar of water.We have a creek and 3 springs here so we don't put water by. This way I have a few sterile jars of water if I need them to cleanse wounds etc.

Exilent 🌱🍃

We prefer gas stove over electric. It gets so hot here in south Texas that we use propane tank and a portable burner from academy and can on our back porch. Saves on electric bill and prevents kitchen from getting so hot

Good job! I usually also work the bubbles out with a wooden skewer. :)

Oh, how I wish I could grow English peas here, but it's just too hot - They won't set blossoms. LOL, I just need to move to North Florida where it gets more cold hours!!

I like the way you explained the procedure step by step. When you open a jar how many serving do you get and how long will the jar last when opened???

I really like seeing the process, it's a lot of work to get a jar of peas and it's good to see that. I am very new to this and trying to learn before I start trying to grow and can so please forgive me if I ask too many questions. You were tapping the lids to show they were all sealed properly, what would it have looked/sounded like if there wasn't a proper seal? It took forty minutes to preserve them but will they cook quickly when you're eating them fresh? Thanks for teaching us.

Lol. I love it. Being a little OCD is a good thing.

Awesome learned alot tfs

How many peas do you have to plant in order to can and/or even freeze some? I pick them and eat bcuz they are so tasty. I had two rows come in at different times. Delicious!

I read somewhere that the lids are not reusable? Is that really true? It seems strange if they werent... Thanks for another great video! I wish y'all a good day!

I usually wait until the next day and then I label my jars and remove the outer rings. Doing this will allow you to check if the seal is good, because you test them by picking up the jar with the lid. The outer ring can also be a place to hold dampness which can cause rust and eventually cause the seal to fail. Do you all remove the rings before pantry storage as well?

Wonderful video! Do the peas stay crisp after this processing method? I can't stomach the texture (or taste) of store canned peas so I only buy peas fresh and then blanch them for immediate, delicious eating. I'd like to grow peas this next season and store them to try to save some money since fresh peas are just so expensive here ($3.50 for barely 2 cups of peas), but I know I'll hesitate eating them unless they have that perfect al dente bite to them. Thanks!

Very interesting, I will need to study your work on these when time allows. They look incredible!!! Do you sell seed and if so how many seeds per pack???

I searched your channel, but found nothing about canning corn. Do you pressure can corn? Do you can orka/corn/tomatoes? My fav for winter. Running freezers and being in central Florida with poor electric service, I try to can or dehydrate as much as possible. Until the big scare when news reported bad green beans at a church dinner, grandmother and I always hot bath canned everything and when she died she had continued to refuse to change the way she canned. She was a real homesteader as was my other grandmothers. None of us ever got sick or died. I read 3 different articles that said that GMO veggies are the problem not the canning method, that the genetic makeup of the food. I can believe that. Talking about lids I am having a problem with the ball silver bands rusting. I have had the gold colored ball rings and never had a problem with them. I noticed that USA vs imports is the problem. Thanks for sharing your information with me, learning more everyday even at 72 years old.

Thanks for the great video, enjoy it. Have you ever canned okra?

Greetings . can I use the same method on dry marrowfat peas (soak before of course ) ?

I tried canning for the first time and I had my 16 qt. cooker on my glass top cooktop and it cracked. I found out later I was not supposed to use a burner larger than 8 inches. I didn't see that until after the fact. I see you're using a cooktop what size burner are you using?

@Deep South Homestead how can I turn hard sweet peas into soft sweet peas? A bought some dried sweet peas at a store.

danny how do you get the carrots to be as big as the ones that they sell in England

"thank you" I have enjoyed your video regarding canning "English pees". How about to use " rock salt" because you said salt must not be "Iodised". Regards, Captain Hameed

WOW I want some, your canning peas (I call them baby frog eggs) and I cant even put in my garden yet, when did you plant them? I've been told not to plant till after Mothers day, Oh by the way happy mothers day Wanda.

How much water did you put in the pot it did not look like the water covered the jars

How many plants do you grow? Im try to figure out how many I need to plant

Hi can this canning technique work on any peas

Now I want to grow some peas too. About how many plants did y'all harvest them from? Is there a name brand of the peas y'all grow and do you save seeds from theses also? Thanks for sharing.

What cooker is that sir

Thanks for the video! Do you think I could do this with sugar snap peas still inside the hull since they're not round peas? Also I couldn't help but notice you're on a glass stove. I've been told you're not supposed to pressure can on a flat glass stove. Have you ever had any problems with it? Thanks I advance

Can you eat the shells?

I was told not to can on a glass top stove what's your take on that

When pressure canning quarts is it typically 10 minutes longer than pints? So peas would be 50 minutes and green beans would be 30 minutes?

Beautiful! And yes Danny you are a little OCD, but thats O.K. You NEVER leave a job half done. LOL! :-)

Yep love me some peas n taters n corn bread

You don’t have to debubble?

Do u debubble peas?

I notice you don't debubble your jars. Do you ever have problems of losing liquid?

What brand of canner is that? I never get to can peas; grandkids sneak out to the garden & eat them raw. Haha

They look like green fish eggs but I bet they're good with a little butter.

Not to be critical but you do know you are not supposed to use a pressure canner on a glass top stove...

there is something so nurturing about watching someone can. it takes me back to a time when my grandparents would come to the farm and help with the harvest and canning. We have English peas in the ground for the first time this year. I hope to be doing this myself soon. Thanks for the easy instructions. blessings! LeXze and Hubby G

You don’t have to debubble?

You don’t have to debubble?