Dill Pickles

Ingredients:
- garlic cloves, peeled
- fresh dill
- powdered alum
- pickling cucumbers
- white vinegar
- salt

Directions:
- Prepare cucumbers as you like them:
- spears, slices, whole.
- In bottom of each quart jar, put one whole garlic clove, 1 sprig of fresh dill and 1/2 teaspoon of alum.
- Fill jar with cucumbers, packing tightly.
- Place one more garlic clove and 1 sprig of fresh dill on top of jar.
- Fill with prepared water*.
- Process by home canning method.
- Let set for 3 months before serving.