Colowyo - grudgingly settling in :P

[urban dreamer]

My Barred Rock keeps going broody on me. I wish I could stick some little babies under her. Chicks are so cute! I am hoping someday (if she lives that long, she's already 3) to have a rooster and have some baby BR's. I would love some Zoii babies. You must post pictures!

 

[colowyo0809]

My Barred Rock keeps going broody on me. I wish I could stick some little babies under her. Chicks are so cute! I am hoping someday (if she lives that long, she's already 3) to have a rooster and have some baby BR's. I would love some Zoii babies. You must post pictures!

will do when I have them! and to think, they love the orange home depot buckets and ignore the cabinet!

 

[colowyo0809]

OMG!! we have officially caught the canning bug! with some small help on my part (i mashed the grapes ) CJ has made Pear Jam, Pasta Sauce, Strawberry Jam and Grape Jelly! and we got four boxes of canning jars at the habitat restore and arc store for $12 total! How OMG is that?!!? weeeee!!!!!

 

[urban dreamer]

OMG!! we have officially caught the canning bug! with some small help on my part (i mashed the grapes ) CJ has made Pear Jam, Pasta Sauce, Strawberry Jam and Grape Jelly! and we got four boxes of canning jars at the habitat restore and arc store for $12 total! How OMG is that?!!? weeeee!!!!!
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4477.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4478.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4479.jpg

YUMMY! You must make corn cob jelly next!

My chickens hate thier nest boxes so I took them out. They made two little holes and lay there. Real bird's nest!

 

[colowyo0809]

OMG!! we have officially caught the canning bug! with some small help on my part (i mashed the grapes ) CJ has made Pear Jam, Pasta Sauce, Strawberry Jam and Grape Jelly! and we got four boxes of canning jars at the habitat restore and arc store for $12 total! How OMG is that?!!? weeeee!!!!!
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4477.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4478.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4479.jpg

YUMMY! You must make corn cob jelly next!

My chickens hate thier nest boxes so I took them out. They made two little holes and lay there. Real bird's nest!

i'm sorry, what?

 

[urban dreamer]

OMG!! we have officially caught the canning bug! with some small help on my part (i mashed the grapes ) CJ has made Pear Jam, Pasta Sauce, Strawberry Jam and Grape Jelly! and we got four boxes of canning jars at the habitat restore and arc store for $12 total! How OMG is that?!!? weeeee!!!!!
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4477.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4478.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad21/colowyo0809/Canning/DSCF4479.jpg

YUMMY! You must make corn cob jelly next!

My chickens hate thier nest boxes so I took them out. They made two little holes and lay there. Real bird's nest!

i'm sorry, what?

It really is what you think it is! And it is the awesome-est jelly EVER!!!! Smells like corn, it's yellow, but it tatse like honey!!! I had to make my family try it, and then make more!

 

[colowyo0809]

YUMMY! You must make corn cob jelly next!

My chickens hate thier nest boxes so I took them out. They made two little holes and lay there. Real bird's nest!

i'm sorry, what?

It really is what you think it is! And it is the awesome-est jelly EVER!!!! Smells like corn, it's yellow, but it tatse like honey!!! I had to make my family try it, and then make more!

lol, receipe?

 

[urban dreamer]

i'm sorry, what?

It really is what you think it is! And it is the awesome-est jelly EVER!!!! Smells like corn, it's yellow, but it tatse like honey!!! I had to make my family try it, and then make more!

lol, receipe?

LOL, there's another jelly recipe I have to post on my journal so I'll post this one too.

 

[TanksHill]

The canning looks wonderful. Just wait until you need to build a pantry or convert a room to hold all that stuff. That will be a project on the list for sure.

Don't forget to take off those rings and wipe the threads of the jars with a clean wet cloth. Let them dry. Then if you want you can put the rings back on. But it's not necessary.

g

 

[modern_pioneer]

The rewards of canning will be much loved in the days of old man winter!!! Having food that you put up, and even grew, is such a self rewarding to present for a meal to your family or friends. Congrats...

Something to mention, no expert here, others may know better than me, but those quart jars that are half way filled should be put in the fridge and used soon, as the head space may allow it to spoil much sooner than you expect. My rule of thumb has always been not to store products that didn't have the correct amount of head space. But see that might just be me, but it is worth looking into.