I'm south of Columbia @ North, I was on Wateree Friday up lake. I believe home done is way better than store bought. We started 7 years ago Canning, now we almost never buy anything with tomatoes or green beans, we even make our own spaghetti sauce, Salsa, anything that can be canned we do it. Little more work but I think better for you even when you grow the stuff yourself.
Sounds great, canning is something i would like to get into eventually
Excellent on the pork bellies!!! Hat's off to you for sure. I process everything myself, including all sausage and hamburger meat. That is fine for sure, thanks for posting.