WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[flowerbug]

more tomatoes if i can get around to it today and/or tomorrow.

 

[Mini Horses]

It was a good night for buyers! The usual attendance was down but, it's pretty "end of season" for many things. But, I took some pics for those who don't have these available. It was still fun -- for us bidding

Got there a little early & they were setting up as sellers were unloading. You get to walk and look and smell, until start.

The sellers must bring own containers, that leave with produce sold. Their goods are on a pallet, which are lined up with several (5-6) rows under the structure. They draw each week to determine which row to start, so it varies. Also, farmers bringing several pallet loads had their produce randomly placed, not all together. That way the bidding gives equal support thruout.

Go get your number to bid!!

You see all manner of sizes of containers & they are sold by container. High bidder can take 1 or all containers of the item, if say 10 boxes of tomatoes & bidders wants 3, next high gets # wanted, etc, until all taken. If not all spoken for, they rebid those, usually you must take all left...or at least 4, or such.

These are just pics of some of the pallets as they were moving them. You can see the variation of quantity in box sizes. Yes, flowers sold, also. Sometimes baked goods, those are huge crates of melons in left of this pic.

 

[Mini Horses]

Gotta share this -- I laughed until I was tearing up!!

Two ladies, a mom & dtr, had on T-shirts that read --

I have GOT to get one of those shirts!

 

[flowerbug]

It was a good night for buyers! The usual attendance was down but, it's pretty "end of season" for many things. But, I took some pics for those who don't have these available. It was still fun -- for us bidding

Got there a little early & they were setting up as sellers were unloading. You get to walk and look and smell, until start.

The sellers must bring own containers, that leave with produce sold. Their goods are on a pallet, which are lined up with several (5-6) rows under the structure. They draw each week to determine which row to start, so it varies. Also, farmers bringing several pallet loads had their produce randomly placed, not all together. That way the bidding gives equal support thruout.

Go get your number to bid!!

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You see all manner of sizes of containers & they are sold by container. High bidder can take 1 or all containers of the item, if say 10 boxes of tomatoes & bidders wants 3, next high gets # wanted, etc, until all taken. If not all spoken for, they rebid those, usually you must take all left...or at least 4, or such.

These are just pics of some of the pallets as they were moving them. You can see the variation of quantity in box sizes. Yes, flowers sold, also. Sometimes baked goods, those are huge crates of melons in left of this pic.

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very interesting idea and love the concept, but problem for me is simply that i can't get away for any time during harvest or gardening season. there are local farmers markets in the small towns every week but i can't take the time out to go to those or to have a booth of my own. there'd have to be three or more people here to be able to send one person off to do something like that. the two people who are here (Mom and me) both don't really want to deal with people that much either.

i do one event a year and that is the seed swap in the early spring before gardening season has really started up. that is about the only way i can get out to something.

where we are here is actually a pretty good location for a small fruit/vegetable stand but like i just said neither of us really wants to deal with people so we manage the extra produce here by having a network of friends we can give the extra away when we have it. today i might have some friends coming over for melons. i have a large pile of those and a lot are going to be coming all at once. if i can give away a half dozen today i'll be happy. may have to call someone else for the next batch...

 

[baymule]

Wow @Mini Horses those are some great pictures. What vibrant colors and beautiful vegetables. Looks like fun!

 

[TexasLisa]

Mini Horses, thank you for posting pictures. I love the idea of auctioning off the produce. What fun!

 

[wyoDreamer]

They have those T-Shirts at the Fleet Farm stores around here. If they weren't black, I would have picked one up.
@Mini Horses I have to stop there tonight for dog food and sunflower seeds, if you want I can grab a t-shirt for you and send it.

 

[Mini Horses]

Thanks -- it is fun and I'm dehydrating things now...bought a few things just because prices were drop dead cheap! Very good though and limited myself -- otherwise a lot of work to process more.

I put "Ball canning shirts" in and there are many places, colors, designs. Yep, I'm ordering. BUT thank you so much for the offer. It's first time I've seen them -- amusing. Most are black shirts.

Those pics are from my old flip phone -- we "oldies" still work well.

 

[Rammy]

I will assume that you were aiming that toward me. I'm sorry you felt harassed. That was certainly not my intention. Rather, I would prefer people not catch botulism, and it is a topic that I personally felt was important. You said it yourself, we come here to talk about "different methods we've tried or didn't try." That's the last I'm going to comment on this thread.

 

[Rammy]

Right now Im canning white beans. Trying 2 different methods. First method was straight dry in the jar about 2/3rds cup. Thats going right now.
Second method is the ol' soak 24 hours then can, which I normally do.
This morning I mylar bagged 25 bags if ruce, 6 bagss of pasta. Got my tote full of bags under the bed.
And Laura is here. Witch is pouring the rain down. Its ok, though, Im inside and got all my outdoor chores done this morning.