I made relish and it turned out really good - here's how I did it.
First, I chopped up 8 cups of cucumbers, 2 cups green bell peppers, 2 cups ripe bell peppers (I used red, yellow and orange) and 1 cup onions.
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon tumeric over the cut up veggies.
Disolve 1/2 cup salt (make sure you use canning salt and not table salt) in 2 quarts cold water.
Pour salt water over veggies and let stand 3 to 4 hours.
Then drain; cover veggies with fresh cold water and let stand one hour.
Dissolve 1 1/2 cups brown sugar in 1 quart vinegar. In a cheesecloth bag combine 2 sticks cinnamon, 1 tablespoon mustard seed, 2 teaspoons whole allspice and 2 teaspoons whole cloves. Add spices to sugar vinegar mixture and bring to a boil.
Thoroughly drain veggies.
Pour vinegar mixture over veggies and let stand in a cool place (covered) for 12 to 18 hours.
Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until jars are ready.
Sterilize pint jars in boiling water.
Sterilize lids in hot water.
Fill jars using a ladle and canning funnel. Leave 1/2 headspace.
Run a knife around the inside of the jars to get rid of air bubbles that may be trapped. If you don't release the air bubbles, they could keep your jars from sealing.
Wipe off the rims with a clean cloth (I use a disposable paper towel).
Place jar lids and rims on jars.
Put jars in boiling water bath using canning tongs. Make sure the water covers the jars.
Process for 10 minutes
Remove jars from boiling water bath and cool. When cool, check that the jars are all sealed. Store any unsealed ones in the fridge.
A pot of tomato sauce is cooking down to the right consistency for canning. I picked the tomatoes from the garden yesterday and started processing them right away - the sauce wasn't thick enough when I went to bed last night so I put it in the fridge overnight and put it back on this morning. It just doesn't get much fresher than this!
Ingredients all cut up for a batch of relish. I ran out of relish and had to buy some this past year so I will probably be making two batches this year (or giving less away). The store bought just isn't as good as mine.
Fruit ice cubes. This is just pureed fruit frozen in ice cube trays. I process it and sweeten it to taste before making the cubes. I store the cubes in freezer bags in the freezer. I mostly use them to make smoothies. These are from the last of my currants. I plan on making some from raspberries and grapes this weekend. I love a mixed fruit smoothie with a little soy yogurt added in.
The cucumbers are coming strong. We are picking this many or more every day. The neighbors are starting to hide when they see us coming with cucumbers to give away! 
I made another batch of plum jam.
I made some yummy plum sorbet
And I made a batch of relish
I haven't been online much because I have been spending much of my time in the kitchen processing harvests like this one. 
The lettuce has been doing great. It loves the cooler weather we were having. It will probably be done pretty soon now that the weather has turned hot.
The potatoes are also doing great. They have started flowering which means there will be new potatoes to dig very soon.
The peppers have just not done well so far this year. They are small and just not growing much. They are heat lovers, so maybe now that it has turned hot, they will start thriving instead of just surviving. 
The cauliflower was looking great but the heads have started looking really funky the last couple of days. I suspect it is the sudden heat. 
The brocolli is looking really good. It hasn't seemed to mind the heat. 
The brussels sprouts are also doing well.
I lost most of my cabbage this spring to the rabbits. The ones that survived (I put a fence around them a little too late) are doing great.
My tomatoes are struggling. They are starting to bounce back. None of my tomatoes look as good as my neighbor's but I'm not too concerned - at least not yet.
The new peach tree is thriving. My son keeps asking when we will have peaches again. Poor impatient child, he just does not understand that this young tree will not produce fruit for some time. 
The currant bushes are loaded with berries that are just starting to ripen. 
And lastly, Andy's garden. He planted cucumbers, canteloupe and watermelons. The cucumbers and canteloupes are beginning to look really good. His seedless watermelon never came up and the seeded ones just don't seem to be doing much. They are barely growing - I'm not sure if we will see any fruit from them this year. Andy, being the ever hopeful child still thinks the seedless ones might come up yet. 
