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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    Every single time! I look at it 'as my paranoia keeps me neurotic about safe canning practices.' But when in doubt throw it out!
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    Every single time! I look at it 'as my paranoia keeps me neurotic about safe canning practices.' But when in doubt throw it out!
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    7qts, 8 pints of delicious Walla Walla Sweet French onion soup!
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    Homemade Christmas

    I love this idea!! This is my 4th or 5th year of giving a homemade Christmas. For this years theme I'm doing a "cocktail" basket. This summer I cashed in on our tomato crop and canned Bloody Mary mix in fancy jars from Italy. The baskets will also have a jar of my pickled asparagus,beans and...
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    Need some help from the low carbers/LGI-ers...

    To get into ketosis you need to consume NO carbs for the first 2 weeks. No carrotts, beets, no bananas, no low carb drinks. The point is to drain your liver of the excess sugar your body has stored. I like make a egg omelet with spinach and feta for breakfast, then eat a big lunch, FULL...
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    not how i would design a survival shelter

    200 people??? Sounds like the perfect breeding ground for infestation and disease!
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    Has anyone reused their flat lids for canning?

    In Jackie Clays Lastest "ask Jackie" someone asked her about them, she had not heard of them, but did some research to find all positive coments. She told readers to send her some samples and she would post her findings :)
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    Trespassing?

    We build a house this last summer, the first thing we did was put up NO TREASPASSING and NO HUNTING signs. We live in the middle of NO WHERE!! But wouldnt you know it, every salesmen possible drove down our 1/2 mile long drive way. Apparently when you file for a permit, insulation, siding...
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    Hey Ohio folks - are you freezing tonite?

    WOW! We are getting that nasty wind also. Amazing! Our temp has been hovering at night aroung 25-27. I was really worried about my spring vegys I planted last month. But everything seems just fine, except for the rhubarb. It froze!
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    Calling all goat people! Advice needed..icky pic!

    I bet she is loving all the attention1 :love
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    meat from butcher shop vs grocery store?

    I think it is a judge for yourself type situation. Smithfields owns/co-owns 8 farms in Veracruz Mexico, AKA.... Swineflu groundzero. I added a link, but you can google it, Smithfield vercruz pictures and you should get some details. The reason large American companies run factory farms in...
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    meat from butcher shop vs grocery store?

    We are about 20 minutes south of Spokane.
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    My Obsession

    ASPARAGUS!! I am obsessed with it right now. Blanched with bleu cheese dressing. YUM
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    Reusable canning jar lids...anyone have them?

    I think a couple of us are going to order them. There is a thread about it... Kinda http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5199
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    Materials for the self sufficient?

    I have found a LOT of my SS supplies/goods on ebay. I love ebay. You get Ebay buck with each purchase. I earned $22.50 this quarter and bought 2 books, Home cheese making and canning for dummies both brand NEW for FREE!! YIPPY.. I lOVE FREE. And if it is not a "super store" in your state...
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    meat from butcher shop vs grocery store?

    There is a well known family just miles from us that raises and sells grass fed beef. It is also in the local grocery stores. Costco gets most there beef/ pork from smithfields. The had to publicly state that during their beef rib/burger/roast recall last year. :sick Old fashioned, My very...
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    What did you do to save $ today?

    Today DH and I dug post holes for the the new garden. Its going to be 45 x 120, 7 feet tall (we have crazy deer and elk) and we already have the concrete from a leftover job and FIL has a whole lot of fence post he is giving us. All we have to buy is the fencing. I am soooo excited about all...
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    A female issue - advice? (update)

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