Category Archives: Canning
Lets talk about Jars.
I found two cases of Quarts and two cases of half-gallon dark Amber, (takes out 99 percent of UV light) and I bought them all.. I have looked at smaller jars at times but the costs where quite high.. as … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Canning costs going up, cost of canning jars, Cost of replacement canning lids, jars
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Canning Log Jan 2019
I am going to see if I can make this work for 2019, we will see.. its never easy at all to do something like this, forget even a few times and it slips though the cracks. So I need … Continue reading
Food In Jars Challange 2019 -Jan Citrus
Food in Jars is once again hosting an awesome canning/preserving challenge for 2019. The idea for January is Citrus. I have been busy already this past month, I made a number of syrups, I had a enough marmalade that I … Continue reading
Orange Cranberry Jam
Cranberries are such an awesome treat for Christmas but watch for those sales that “should” come after boxing day on them. It’s a perfect time to pick up extra bags and make up some awesome Cranberry jam. This is a … Continue reading
How often do you need to change your pressure canner rings?
So according to the company you should change your rings out yearly.. They are easy enough to get, just order them in for your size, they come with a new pressure plug as well. Most home hardware stores will order … Continue reading
Zucchini Fruit
I love Zucchini canned fruit.. This is often called Mock Pineapple and I have talked about it before on the blog. I have done it a number of different ways, my grandmother made a version of it with lemon’s. Dear … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Canning Zucchini fruit, Using overgrown Zucchini as fruit
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Salsa -End of garden harvest goodies :)
With the frost warnings, I said to hubby, better pick the peppers and so this big bowlful came in, as did tomatoes. I have been keeping up pretty well on the tomato’s for sauce making so I went.. Salsa!!! Equal … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, horseradish in salsa, Making Salsa, Salsa, Using tea baller for spices in canning
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Lamb Veggie Soup Recipe for the canner
Good Morning Folks I tracked my amounts this past weekend when I was canning a couple different recipes. The perk of this recipe is that you can switch that lamb burger with beef or any other kind of dark meat … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Lamb Veggie Soup recipe for canning, pantry put up, pressure canning
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Pears.. Pears and more Pears :)
Well local pears finally went on sale.. In the end, I put up 40 pints of pears, five pints of pear juice and feed out a good amount of cooked trimmings to the both the chicken flock and the pig.. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, canning pears, costs of canning fall fruit, local fresh fruit, putting up by winter
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Just another Day on the Farm 