How much can you save by canning your own vegetables?

Do-it-yourself canning is much cheaper than store-bought canned goods, but only if you have an abundant garden

Saving Pennies or Dollars is a new semi-regular series on The Simple Dollar, inspired by a great discussion on The Simple Dollar’s Facebook page concerning frugal tactics that might not really save that much money. I’m going to take some of the scenarios described by the readers there and try to break down the numbers to see if the savings is really worth the time invested.