I would probably reuse because I'm cheap and play fast and loose like that. My husband is an engineer and handles all the actual canning. And he does not reuse.
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I would probably reuse because I'm cheap and play fast and loose like that. My husband is an engineer and handles all the actual canning. And he does not reuse.
Not apples to apples: Your husband is an engineer and I farmed in the 80's, of course he'd use new.
Not apples to apples: Your husband is an engineer and I farmed in the 80's, of course he'd use new.
There's a reason I grow and prep but turn it over to him for canning. Turns out anal-retentiveness is a good thing for preventing botulism.
Probably what my wife would suggest as the reason used lids work for me
I'm super anal about food safety stuff so I never reuse lids for canning. My wife would, but I won't. It's not worth it to me at 20 cents a lid.
I do keep a stash for stuff not going through the canning process though. Most of the veggies are given to us by family and neighbors, I make something out of it and end up giving it back out minus our cut. It's getting eaten by the time it would go bad.
I mainly only can tomato juice, chili base and spaghetti sauce. I do a ton of salsa that doesn't last very long. The pickles have gone fast this year too. I'm already through 3 batches of them.
Update:
Potatoes are all dug (all Yukon Golds). They were planted at three different planting dates and as expected the earliest planted were the most prolific. The tomatoes (all Amish Paste) are really producing now. With proper mulching and fungal spraying I managed the blight beyond expectations considering all the earlier rain. They are a later variety and I envy those that get earlier tomatoes but to me the taste and adaptability of use from these out ways planting others, plus I save my own seed so I don't risk cross pollination by supplementing with different varieties.. My first plantings of beets (Detroit Dark Red?) and carrots (Scarlet Nante) was poor and those all got consumed as they matured. I pickled some beets from the second planting and was planning on canning the stragglers but the recipe for the pickled turned out exceptional so the rest will follow that same route. The remaining carrots will be canned--they had a nice sweet flavor to them. I don't tend to experiment with new varieties in my garden when I'm satisfied with the tested and true. My intention for today is to plant my fall spinach crop. With everything else going on this time of year I suggest you find time to be diligent with your weed control even as the produce is nearing it's end. Why raise a crop of weed seeds to battle next year?
Potatoes are all dug (all Yukon Golds). They were planted at three different planting dates and as expected the earliest planted were the most prolific. The tomatoes (all Amish Paste) are really producing now. With proper mulching and fungal spraying I managed the blight beyond expectations considering all the earlier rain. They are a later variety and I envy those that get earlier tomatoes but to me the taste and adaptability of use from these out ways planting others, plus I save my own seed so I don't risk cross pollination by supplementing with different varieties.. My first plantings of beets (Detroit Dark Red?) and carrots (Scarlet Nante) was poor and those all got consumed as they matured. I pickled some beets from the second planting and was planning on canning the stragglers but the recipe for the pickled turned out exceptional so the rest will follow that same route. The remaining carrots will be canned--they had a nice sweet flavor to them. I don't tend to experiment with new varieties in my garden when I'm satisfied with the tested and true. My intention for today is to plant my fall spinach crop. With everything else going on this time of year I suggest you find time to be diligent with your weed control even as the produce is nearing it's end. Why raise a crop of weed seeds to battle next year?
A garden spider set up shop by my tomatoes and this morning she caught a dragonfly.
I made some hand cut French fries and never again. Waaaay too time consuming for how relatively cheap they are at the grocery store. I spent like 4 hours peeling, cutting, blanching and attempting to separate and freeze them. Just a complete PITA. I thought it might be easier than hashbrowns.
yep, thats why i don't piss with carrots, onions or potatoes. they are too cheap at the store
I battled raccoons in my tomato’s all season. Sprayed retail chemical that is said to stop critters, didn’t work. Put up knee high chicken wire fence, didn’t work. Put up electric fence with two wires, one barely off the ground and other about 10” higher, didn’t work. Put up sheets of galvanized sheets as a tight fence and it did a pretty good job but was not 100% successful. The coons got into about 20% of the ripe tomato’s. They wouldn’t climb but just what they could reach off the ground. I use cages that are about 5’ high. Anyone have any suggestions?
Practical advice but I'm too cheap and stubborn. I by god aren't going to let the coons win!
Coons are relatively easy to live trap. Once you've caught them it's your discretion as to their fate. Marshmallows make excellent bait. A professional pest management employee confided in me with a method that is near 100% effective but is completely off-label with the ingredients used and also lethal to nontargets. Don't know your situation and I wouldn't be comfortable sharing it knowing you may have kids or pets. He said that he's used it to eradicate coons from hay storage areas with complete success.
Yes, I know the formula of common ingredients that you mention. Kids or pets are not anywhere close to our location and it wouldn’t be a problem. Even thou the critter problem persisted since July, I didn’t 100 % identify the thieves until the last few days. Suspected deer, squirrels & coons until recently. The electric fence not being effective threw me off.
I caught five squirrels and four chimpmunks over the last week. I repurposed them across town to keep the families togther.
Is there a reason one of my daffodils has not only stayed green all summer but is now sprouting new leaves?
I plan to be eating rabbit this winter, decimated all our beans peas and carrots.
