Produce Overload: Canning Strawberries

For my quest to have freezer space left at butchering time, I am trying to dry and can as much produce as possible. Im much more partial to raspberry and blueberry jams, as opposed to strawberry jam, but I like to have some strawberries on hand over winter. So this year, I made canned strawberries for the first time.
I started by washing and topping 11 litres of strawberries (you can do however many you like, this is just what I had).

Now the ratio for canning strawberries is 1/4c. sugar to each cup of berries.

Mix the sugar in with the berries and let sit for several hours. The sugar and berry juice will make a sauce. Try to stir the berries every hour or so.

I opted to use my pressure cooker for the project. So while my water was heating in the pressure cooker (lid NOT on), I washed my jars and sterilized them in the oven at 215oF. I left the jars in until I was ready to fill them. I had my lids heating in hot water as well.

When the pressure cooker's water was hot, I started filling my jars with the berries (the berries and sugar are not cooked). Make sure to leave a 1/2" air space at the top of the jars. Put lids and rings on jars. Place on rack in pressure cooker. Put lid on pressure cooker, according to manufacturers instructions and with the petcock open, wait for steam to blow thickly from the petcock. Then, shut the petcock, and wait for the pressure to rise to 5 lb (will show on gage). When pressure is reached, set timer for 5 minutes. When time is up, turn off heat and wait for pressure to decrease to zero. When no steam hisses from the petcock, open lid and remove jars from cooker. Cool on wire rack. After jars are cool, check that they have sealed. Tap a spoon on the jar lid, if it sounds spongy, instead of having a clear ring, it hasn't sealed. Refrigerate unsealed jars immediately and use first. Sealed jars should be kept in a cool dark place.

When your craving some strawberries in the winter, instead of buying those abominable red water berries from the store, pop out a jar of flavour filled "just-like-fresh-picked" strawberries and enjoy!