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Gardening with my Moms input. No thanks. She has sandy soil and lives in the desert. I'm on rocky glacial till over clay deposits and...

Some people only know what is best for the area they live in not anyone else. I've received emails with people telling me what I can and...

I always stored bottles with rings on. Simpler that way. I also got people sniping at me that I was Doing It Wrong. Made no sense to...

My mom and I got 7 quarts of pumpkin canned. Got so much more to get canned.

I think they were Kerr. I would have to dig the box out of the garbage.

I had two failures this week. Both new lids. When I checked them after, both had bubbles in the seal. I check the used lids pretty...

Yeah, i get a better seal rate with used lids. I need to get in the habit of inspecting the new lids the same way.

Bottles are for storage. Thou shalt not open! I do the same thing! :lau

That's selfish and a shameful waste. I canned 5 more pints of cooked apples. Plus put 1.5 pint in a jar to eat now. Didn't save any...

Yep - it would bother me too!

I woke up angry this morning and I'm trying to identify the reason. Lots of things have come up, but the "inner tightwad" comment, while...

Yes!! But I toss mine to the chickens. Saves feed money, soothes my whimpers. 😂 Today I need to process apples! Prob gonna fry...

oh, yes, we've had some really bad years with catfacing or other issues, but to peel them we dunk them in near boiling water for some...

They're harder to peel, so I use the weird shaped ones for puree or sauce. I do quarter them for bottling.

I pulled prices from walmart online to make sure it was in range. We had one family move into our neighborhood, maybe 20 or 25 years...