Pickles are fairly easy to make and there are many good recipes on the Internet. I just finished pickling some peppers, and a mixed garden salad.They need to be processed in boiling water to be shelf stable or they can be refrigerated I also found a great use for all those green tomatoes that are left over. I made 54 pint jars of green tomato jelly it tastes like strawberry preserves , the recipe is on the Internet it uses strawberry or raspberry jello mix for flavor.Very easy to make.