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Washington State University Extension Food Processing is usually open year-round. It's ALWAYS advisable to see the Washington State University Extension Food Processing website, and/or to call or email them before you head out there, as many factors, can affect their availability and open hours. And that can change not only from year to year, but day to day!
Below is a general month by month overview for the northern hemisphere (North America). Be sure to see the US-specific harvest calendar for local dates.
Below is the general info, keep in mind this is very general, this is NOT a list of what Washington State University Extension Food Processing has this year or ANY year or will have on any day. See the US-specific harvest calendar for typical crop harvest dates in US and see Washington State University Extension Food Processing website for their current availability. This list below is a general list for many commonly grown crops.
The South will be the earlier end, and the North, the latter:
After you go to Washington State University Extension Food Processing, you may want to freeze, can, make jams, jellies, sauces, pickles or preserve the fruit or vegetables you get there. See these pages below for detailed, illustrated, step-by-step instructions that make it easy!
Water bath canner with a jar rack
Pressure canners for gas, electric and induction stoves: Presto 23Qt or T-fal 22Qt
Canning scoop (this one is PERFECT)
Ball Blue book (most recent version)