Combine cucumbers, sweet green and red peppers, carrots, cauliflowerets and onions.
Dissolve salt in 4 quarts water.
Pour salt water mixture over vegetables; let stand 1 hour.
Cut hot peppers into 1½-inch pieces, set aside.
Combine remaining ingredients; simmer 15 minutes.
Remove garlic.
Drain vegetables; rinse and drain thoroughly.
Pack vegetables and peppers, except jalapeño, into hot jars, leaving ¼-inch headspace.
Add one piece of jalapeño or red pepper pod to each jar.
Ladle hot liquid over mixture, leaving ¼-inch headspace.
Remove air bubbles.
Adjust two-piece caps.
Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.