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over the winter when there is no gardenin to do? What other hobbies do you use yer winter time on ? I am a funiture builder.I use only recycyled wood for my projects. Amazing,the beauty to be found in pallet wood. Janet and i also make candles. We metal detect and prospect for gold.

canning lids ? A freind o' mine jist told me that his wife allways reused hers as long as the rubber ring wernt dammaged in any way. What say ye ?

I think my sunflowers are ready to harvest. They are dead and hangin over. NOW, how do i harvest the seeds and what do i do with them to make then edible? If i don't git to 'em fast, the birds will have 'em all eaten. Jim

with it ?

Go git yer turkey fryer out and put yer cannin pot on top o' that. Not only does it afford more room for your 2nd/3rd pot,but it heats up and comes to a boil much much quicker than yer stove. (propane burns hotter than natural gas)

Probly the easiest thing to make from the garden Run the maters thur the strainer,warm it up while ya prep the jars. Pour it in with 1/4 teaspoon o' salt and cook 'em fer 10 minutes....... DEEEEELICIOUS !!!!! MMmmm...now if only i drank beer. What a wonderfull mix.

Looky what Janet got at our local thrift store fer 5 bucks. All her spices are at her cannin table fingertips now. :happy_flower

Janet and i are in the middle o' cannin hot banana peppers with cabbage. We got the jars stuffed, the brine poured in and the jars closed up.While bringin the cookin pot up to a boil we ran out of gas. Anyone ever experience this? I am hoping that we can get new gas in here sometime tomorrow...

The directions i have say to cook the tomatos down in a pot.What i don't know, and it doesn't say, is,do i need to mix any water with the tomatos or do i jist put 'em in the pot alone and cook 'em that way ?

corn ?

seperates tomatoes from the skin and seeds ? I owned one years ago but can't recall what it's called so i can call around and find another.

Saw these today at one of our local county fairs. Pretty ingenious kids. My favorite.

What should we be planting now ?

Since our cuke crop has failed, petered out,dried up,quit werkin, aint makin cukes no more even, i was thinkin o' buyin some "market" cukes so's i can keep goin at this pickle makin stuff. Anywho, i found a local roadside type feller that says he'll sell me a full bushel o' picklin cukes, ( the...

I FINALY beat the chickens to my first tomatoes. They keep flyin over the garden fence everytime i git a red tomatoe and eatin it, :he well, half of it anywho, this time i got the red ones. :weee All i had to do was allow Deacon to do what he naturaly wants to do.That is to heard the chickens...

Anyone willin to share thier process and recipe fer makin creamed corn ? My aunt made the absolute best creamed corn for about 70 years o' her life and she swore she would take her process and recipe to her grave......she did. :hit

if yer gonna can, preserve, put up or what ever. Jist remember. HAVE FUN !!!!!! I know a lot of us are cannin this year because of our economy and a lot jist because they've never done it before. I've been readin a lot o' posts in this forum and i see that this cannin stuff is becomin work for...

Yesterday i was most o' the day in the kitchen makin pickles with no misshaps. Janet comes home and says......"You need to preheat yer jars before puttin 'em in the cooker er yer gona break 'em" " :hu ,I been doin it this way all day without a problem" "It's only a matter of time till one...

ever asked here. First off, this is Jim not Janet askin so i git all the blame :P We, no, Janet,(she says "all you do is grow this stuff" :/ ) is puttin up pickles. No matter how you push and jam and pack the cuccumber slices in the jar there is allways a lot of space in the jar after the...

My corn stalks are startin to git yeller. My neighbor says i need a good source of nitrogen for it. Can anyone tell me what is a good source of nitrogen ?