 July is going to be hotter than ever because you get up to $50 off any smartphone at Appalachian Wireless to your agreement required. Better service? Bigger savings? That's today's Appalachian Wireless, an East Kentucky network company. It's that time of year again when many are out in their gardens planting and growing vegetables. However, while a lot of gardeners know how to grow food for consumption, not many know how to preserve it to make it last all year. The Pye County Cooperative Extension Office hosted a two-day, two-part session where participants learned how to can and preserve food. It's very important, especially in the summertime. A lot of people raise gardens or even they buy produce at our local farmers' markets and they may not know how to preserve that for their use. During the session, participants made blueberry lime jam, learned how to can quarts of green beans and tomatoes and how to freeze and dry food. Especially tomatoes are kind of a prize possession. People wait for them to come in at the farmers' market or wait to get them for their neighbors. It's always really good to have them all year. People want to use them in soups, stews, tomato sauces, things like that. So it's really beneficial to be able to preserve them and have them in the winter time when you can't get them fresh. Those at the Extension Office say for those who are preserving at home, it's very important to make sure recipes are USDA approved. It's very common for people now to find recipes on the Internet. Those have not always been tested and they're not always safe. So if you're not sure, contact your local Extension Office and we can check that out for you. Today was the last day for the two-day, two-part session. Reporting in Pikeville, I'm Shelby Still for EKB News.