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I love mine. Leave the ring a little loose in the canner then tighten down after it comes out . My original test jars are still sealed 9 years later. Normally would only use these on high use items where the jar gets used every year.

My new fences are interesting. Have been able to lay my hands on a slow but stead supply of plastic pallets. So my fence is 40 inches tall and 8 feet between post . I screw the pallets together with treated lumber at the joints. Sorry I don't do pics.

All I will say about dinner is that Truly my goose is cooked.

Ok sorry for delay . Today was a travel day . 5 pounds of juice tart apples 1 cup apple cider or water About 2 1/2 cups sugar white or brown 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1/4 tsp ground nutmeh Remove bless and core apples and then cut into 8ths. Put apples and cider in kettle...

The one I use is in Putting Food By . I gave it to someone in Rebel Canners MEWE earlier this week . Will look it back up for you later today.

Well being 100% off grid I don't use a slow cooker unless you count the fartherist point on the wood cook stove from the firebox.

Wait you mean putting a shallow pan of tomato sauce in my smoke house is the wrong technique.

Fair warning . Don't plant to many . The USDA has a $1,000,000 bar on production.

Found it! Candy corn and jelly beans should only be planted in mounds . Bet you planted them in rows.

Hmm need coffee as this thread is chock full of nuts

You must fertilize them with high fructose corn syrup.

As for creeping Charlie we use It as a salad green . It is in the mint family. https://www.healthygreensavvy.com/creeping-charlie-uses/ Will harvest spice bush berries this evening.

To the above listed items I will add . Greenbrier,wild black cherry , creeping Charlie , water cress, purslane, mountain mint , wild ginger , wild elderberry, staghorn and winged sumac , wild blueberries , wild muscadine, beach nuts , lambs quarters, I don't normally eat them but cleavers are...

A quart of chicken broth and 3 eggs . Bring broth up to where it is steaming . Brake eggs in bowl and mix together.. Pour in slowly while stirring. Egg drop soup hits the spot when your sick. That one needs fresh chives but dried ons will do . Have used spouting onion tops. In a well stocked...

The same mix canned potatoes,carrots, onion , one of my 1/2 pints of celery , a jar of ground beef , a bit of hot sauce , a jar of tomato sauce or stewed tomatoes and you have a beef stew .

Found another wild plum this week.

Funny you say that. This past week I got in 5 lbs. of chicory seed . Now bear in mind that there are roughly 40,000 seed to the 1/4 pound. I will pass a few to friends and spread the rest over a large area this winter on top of snow .

There are always quarts of heat and serve stuff around here. Around here in the winter it would be to easy . Just put a pot on the wood heater in the morning of beans it's ready at supper time. Or open a jar of beef roast, a jar of onion, a jar of potatoes and a jar of carrots . Put on the...

Hmm coffee storage. Best is store green beans and roast as needed. Second is to store vacuum sealed roasted whole beans and grind as needed. What we do. Third is the vacuum sealed bricks of ground coffee. The key is only the oils on the surface of the grounds or bean is ever comes in contact...

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