Sometimes in life it is nessary to take a step back before you can progress once more. Sadly, one of things I'm having to do this with is all the canning equipment I've inherited. For which I will need a bit of help with.
I do realize there's a "buy, sell and trade" forum on this site. I am not attempting to sell these items here. Eventhough I don't know where everyone lives, I'm assuming that very few memebers here live close enough for me to enter into some sort of sale or trade agreement. What I'm needing is advice on what I have and it's worth.
Mind you this is both my grandmother's stuff and my mother's so there's duplication in some of it...
I've boxes and boxes of mason, ball, weller, kerr jars. Everything from small jelly jars to large wide mouth quart jars. Some are even still in thier orignal cases. There's even a few "blue" jars mixed in with them as well. I haven't a total count on (by size), tomorrow I'm planning on giving them all a good wash and repacking them in good boxes.
To this I've also (2)18qt canning pots, (1)21qt. canner/pressure cooker, an apple peeler/coring thing, tongs for lifting jars out of hot baths and a large (unknown size) pickling crock.
I really don't want to sell all this stuff. Mainly because once I do get moved, my first goals will be to start canning and freezing. But I have to weigh such things as how much will it cost me to move vs just buying new stuff once I've moved. There's also the fact that it will take a few years once I do get moved to establish a garden that I want to have, and that's only if I find the right property in the first place. It could take longer if I have to rent until I find the ideal place, this would mean having to store this stuff, unused until I'm ready.
Again, I'm not trying to sell these items here. Only trying to get an idea of value. Once I wash and repack the jars, I'll have a count of how much of which jars I have, so I can give furhter details. But going by what I've described, what do you think so far?
Thanks,
Jax
I do realize there's a "buy, sell and trade" forum on this site. I am not attempting to sell these items here. Eventhough I don't know where everyone lives, I'm assuming that very few memebers here live close enough for me to enter into some sort of sale or trade agreement. What I'm needing is advice on what I have and it's worth.
Mind you this is both my grandmother's stuff and my mother's so there's duplication in some of it...
I've boxes and boxes of mason, ball, weller, kerr jars. Everything from small jelly jars to large wide mouth quart jars. Some are even still in thier orignal cases. There's even a few "blue" jars mixed in with them as well. I haven't a total count on (by size), tomorrow I'm planning on giving them all a good wash and repacking them in good boxes.
To this I've also (2)18qt canning pots, (1)21qt. canner/pressure cooker, an apple peeler/coring thing, tongs for lifting jars out of hot baths and a large (unknown size) pickling crock.
I really don't want to sell all this stuff. Mainly because once I do get moved, my first goals will be to start canning and freezing. But I have to weigh such things as how much will it cost me to move vs just buying new stuff once I've moved. There's also the fact that it will take a few years once I do get moved to establish a garden that I want to have, and that's only if I find the right property in the first place. It could take longer if I have to rent until I find the ideal place, this would mean having to store this stuff, unused until I'm ready.
Again, I'm not trying to sell these items here. Only trying to get an idea of value. Once I wash and repack the jars, I'll have a count of how much of which jars I have, so I can give furhter details. But going by what I've described, what do you think so far?
Thanks,
Jax