tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901506194874938684.post6928648249219523996..comments2022-11-20T05:39:28.141-05:00Comments on Eco Smart: Jammin'Rachel B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10814720192184338564noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901506194874938684.post-12590920945076228362009-08-12T13:02:12.636-04:002009-08-12T13:02:12.636-04:00Well, I picked up a packet of pickle mix at work. ...Well, I picked up a packet of pickle mix at work. If you want to make them from stratch head over to pickyourown.org, there are a lot of canning recipes there! But for the pre-made mix I need about 28 pickling cucumbers which at my farmer's market would cost me $7. For the jar I have wide mouth pints that I found in my mom's celler. I'm thinking about making spears because it's a little faster than the slices.Rachel B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10814720192184338564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901506194874938684.post-43230569297214960252009-08-11T10:25:47.994-04:002009-08-11T10:25:47.994-04:00Rachel-
Yeah, my mom's about 20 minutes from m...Rachel-<br />Yeah, my mom's about 20 minutes from me, so that's not bad at all. I have to figure out where to get the pickling cucumbers..how many do I need for a batch?? cucumbers and jars?? Are you slicing cucumbers or making spears lengthwise?<br />Thanks for stopping over to my blog! Yeah, don't start on the freezer!! My is well-stocked, but at least I can usually see what's in there, unlike the deep, dark cupboard!!<br />Have a good day!Karen Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189370281390432351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901506194874938684.post-63478063317596806362009-08-11T10:02:06.042-04:002009-08-11T10:02:06.042-04:00If I had my own car I would go to some produce auc...If I had my own car I would go to some produce auctions but that's two hours away, could be worse, and I don't have my own car...yet. Otherwise I would have to spend $7 on pickling cucumbers, but then again, I'm supporting local farmers.Rachel B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10814720192184338564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901506194874938684.post-28766397274229996962009-08-10T14:16:02.662-04:002009-08-10T14:16:02.662-04:00We seem to have similar situations...where are all...We seem to have similar situations...where are all our commentors?? Someone must want to listen to everything we have to say and don't they want to offer their 2 cents?? :o)Karen Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189370281390432351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901506194874938684.post-4385636950795064062009-08-10T14:05:18.784-04:002009-08-10T14:05:18.784-04:00P.S. I got the book at the Library, then borrowed ...P.S. I got the book at the Library, then borrowed it so much that I took a coupon from the Sunday paper and bought my own copy at Michael's or AC Moore for 40% off. Worth the investment!Karen Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189370281390432351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901506194874938684.post-74700947935532382362009-08-10T14:03:22.749-04:002009-08-10T14:03:22.749-04:00Hi Rachel!
You answered me on Cold Antler about id...Hi Rachel!<br />You answered me on Cold Antler about idiot-proof pickles! I want to try them. I have started some plants from seed this year(tomatoes & green pepper) and tried a little more gardening than in the past. I dug out some areas around the yard and grew some green beans here, tried some peas there(the woodchuck liked the peas), some cucumbers in another spot...but it has been so wet, I don't know what I'll end up with. I live in Western NY state and we have Amish here,too. They have a produce auction very close to my mom's house, so I'm thinking I may hit that for some quantity. I have canned tomatoes in the past and I freeze corn. This year I worked on some variety and seed starting and next year, I hope to be better at them.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Knitting-Crocheting-Illustrated/dp/1592570895<br /><br />Try this to help with your knitting,too. If you start at the knitted dishcloth, you will have success with it. And if you don't, it will still wash your dishes and you try again. It is a good way to practice some different knitting patterns and instructions and make some up...and for the most part, whatever you come up will still wash dishes, even if they are flawed. A ball of solid colored cotton yarn is fairly cheap and you can get 2 dishcloths out of one ball. Yell if you need any help. I'm not very advanced and I'd really like to make a VERY simple sweater for myself, but I'm afraid to go the next step. You may enjoy felting, too, which is knitting with wool yarn and then washing it in HOT,HOT water to shrink it down and make it more solid(felt). I've worn a hole in the felted slippers I made a couple of summers ago and have yarn to do another pair. Just gotta get it started and stay in one place long enough to get it done! you have to keep track, but I make an extra copy of the instructions and use a colored pencil and tick off where I am, so I don't get lost.<br />Do you live where you can garden? It was great to score the jars from the 'rents! My mom never did canning with a canner. More just tomatoes piping hot into the jars and then freezing, although she canned peached last year when I wasn't looking!! I'm hoping to join forces this year. I forgot to ask my brother yesterday about blackberries. Last year he went out several times and I ended up with a 1/2 gallon jug of his extra berries!! What are brothers for!!<br />Stop over and read me sometime at justtwiddlin.blogspot.com and keep in it. I'm determined it will get easier. Don't know that I will get the hubby excited enough to raise chickens here, but who knows!?!?Karen Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189370281390432351noreply@blogger.com