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Simple Guide to Canning – Part 3: Step-by-Step Canning Directions

Couponing 101

This goes for berries, as well as peaches. For blueberry, peach, and sweet cherry jams you will need to add lemon juice as well. Other posts in this series: Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1: Introduction to Canning. For cherries, remove stems and pits, then finely chop. Large Batch.

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Simple Guide to Canning – Part 2: Terminology and Supplies

Couponing 101

If you have been seriously considering canning, you probably have poked around a few websites and maybe even checked out a book or two from the library. While canning is a science , and you do have to follow certain steps in order to have a final product that is both delicious and safe to consume, it does not have to be overwhelming.

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Simple Guide to Canning – Part 4: Fruit and Pectin

Couponing 101

Making jam really is as simple as reading the directions on the package of pectin. There is no sugar/low sugar pectin available on the market as well. The best prices that I have found on pectin & canning supplies are at Walmart. Helpful Resources: Ball Blue Book Guide to Canning and Preserving. Blue Ribbon Preserves.

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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

For the past 10 years, I have been making my own jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, and sauces and canning them. The desire for something simple. Now as a mother of two young children, I no longer have the time, nor the energy, to crank out canned goods to sell at every farmer’s market in the area. The nostalgia. The recipes.

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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 2

Couponing 101

If you have been seriously considering canning, you probably have poked around a few websites and maybe even checked out a book or two from the library. While canning is a science , and you do have to follow certain steps in order to have a final product that is both delicious and safe to consume, it does not have to be overwhelming.

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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 1

Couponing 101

For the past 10 years, I have been making my own jams, jellies, pickles, salsas, and sauces and canning them. The desire for something simple. Now as a mother of two young children, I no longer have the time, nor the energy, to crank out canned goods to sell at every farmer’s market in the area. The nostalgia.

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Simple Things You Can Do to Be Environmentally Friendly and Save Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The truth is, there are plenty of things our grandparents and great grandparents did that were eco-friendly and frugal that we can easily do today. Here are some simple things our family does to be more environmentally friendly and to save money: 1. Hang clothes to dry. Make your own laundry soap. They’re very durable.