re: Pickling for beginners

I made my first batch about a month ago. Well, started it. I have some old family recipes that have been preserved in small town church cookbooks. I made my great aunt's 14 day sweet pickles. It looks tedious, but really you do nothing for 7 days, and days 8-14 just involve a little boiling and dumping back into a large container. I used my crock pot insert. Last year I did pickled okra, and will be doing that again since those seem to grow really well in my garden. The cucumbers surprised me this year. I had maybe a half dozen last year, but I've already picked about 5-6 dozen this year, and had to do something with them.