If you have more beets than you can use right away, canning them is a perfect way to preserve them. Store your beets for use later in the year by canning them. This is a guide about canning beets.
How do I can harvard beets?
By Mac
Are you using home grown beets or already canned beets? Myself I would just can the homegrown beets following the normal directions, then when you get ready to have them for a meal, follow your harvard beets recipe.
How do I can beets?
By Michelle
You can follow the procedure everyone else has posted and if you want pickled sweet beets, here is a recipe that my late aunt gave me.
Mil's Beet Recipe
3 c. white vinegar
1 c. water
3 cups sugar
pinch of cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
Put all together and bring to a boil. Put beets in syrup and bring to a boil again. Put in jars and add lids. Put them in a hot water bath with the water covering the jars and bring to boil. Leave in for 10 minutes.