To bring a touch of eternal summer to your home, consider preserving your fresh or dried flowers with this smart jar and oil ...

The sense of satisfaction preserving gives makes it so worthwhile ... down on a clean tea towel and dry in the oven. Step 3 - Glass jars can also be put through a hot cycle in your dishwasher.

so preserving fruit in alcohol long-term is a good option. The classic German rumtopf recipe below (classically made in a rumtopf crock, but you can use any jar) preserves fruit in sugar and rum.