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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    My feet are killing me. I took my life in my hands just like @canesisters and I canned up 9 pints of bacon.....
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    Canning meat

    I have Presto. I have 2 exactly alike. They are 23 quart pots. They take 7 quart jars or more importantly 20 pint jars. I had many other canners over the years. When I got my 2 new ones I retired all but one to cook in. The reason my hubby, the shopahaulic, bought these was because they held 20...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Sooo cute.....Love the pic..
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    Growing Christmas Trees

    i wanted to plant evergreens but I don't want to give up y park like setting....Such choices.....
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    Hello from the Pocono Mountains

    Jim, What a beautiful place...Yours is agriculture related mine is pretty gardens related. Have you heard me honk?????
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    Hello from North Idaho

    @MoonShadows Very nice. We cleared some land also when we moved in here but not near that much.... Can't see all that from the road. Can you????
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    My Greenhouse Construction Thread (picture heavy)

    I may have skipped those pages when I got busy with life. I thought all this was going on in your greenhouse.
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    My Greenhouse Construction Thread (picture heavy)

    Now I am confused. These plants are in your house? Or were they in the greenhouse? I only keep exotic plants in the greenhouse these days...
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    My Greenhouse Construction Thread (picture heavy)

    Oh When did you decide that?? I thought you were going to keep it going all winter.
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    My Greenhouse Construction Thread (picture heavy)

    I just want to see your set up.... I ran my greenhouse for 30 years without any problems and this year we put a pellet stove in along with our normal furnace. Not that is was a problem but we have had some tweaking to do with it. Our problem was to get the heat circulating correctly. I think we...
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    I'm so spoiled!!

    I also have a laptop and tablet. My hubby has a laptop also. They sit next to our recliners. Sort of looks silly but we can both surf at the same time this way. Well, I look at message boards he surfs and shops.. LOL When I go out I usually use my phone to go on line if I have to....although I...
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    My Greenhouse Construction Thread (picture heavy)

    Icertuche, I know about ankles. That is the poor body part that we use with more psi and force . We can get away with not using an arm or ear or toe but that ankle is used the most and with all the weight. I have been laid up for 6 months and just now I am getting SOME relief. Hope you are...
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    My Greenhouse Construction Thread (picture heavy)

    Glad things are doing better...It's hard to learn the balance....I would love to stop over to see what you are doing...
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    Electric pressure canners

    I do bend some of the rules at times but I would consider what the NCHFP says in this case. Until they change their opinion. I like to keep with what I have learned from my grandma and NCHFP.
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    From tech founder to sustainable farmer

    Even though I am a new one, I am liking it here too and value what you all post.
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    Canning meat

    Well, When I canned these things, I used to throw the water out, then I got to thinking that there are good vitamins and flavors. When you can mushrooms, you blanch them throw out the water, that is not good stuff, and boil them in new water for a hot pack. If there is any water left over, that...
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    My Greenhouse Construction Thread (picture heavy)

    I love to hear about family history...I go back in this country to 1725. My hubby's family came over on the Mayflower. His family tree that one member did is over 20,000 people...What a large tree...LOL
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    From tech founder to sustainable farmer

    I sell lots of eggs each week .I text my customers on Wednesday and hand deliver to their homes on Thursday. Sort of like the old milkman and ice man. My customers say I have an egg farm and I always tell them, no I don't, I am just a hobbyist. I have grown lots of food that I give away. We will...
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    Canning Suggestions

    Yes but the big companies get in trouble if someone dies.... This husband didn't die but they said if he gets it again, or dies, they will look into it was intentional.
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