Learning How to Preserve Food

As a preperation for homesteading, we are getting ready to learn how to do home canning of food. I've been researching everything I can find about canning on the internet. Canning seems like it would be alot of fun...alot of work too. I guess we'll start off with canning some easy jelly from unsweetened fruit juices. Well, they say it's easy. I remember when I was a kid, my mother would do some canning. I remember the sound of the preassure cooker letting off steam and all of the jars and lids. Mom would do this all weekend.....from the time she woke up saturday until the time she went to bed sunday evening. Mmmmm. Homemade ketchup, tomato juice, jams and jellies, greenbeans.
I'm also interested in food dehydration. home dried apples, jerky, grapes, bananas and strawberries. I f you know of any good recipes or websites with canning or dehydration let me know.