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

Couponing 101

Heat jars and lids in hot, not boiling, water until ready to use. No matter what type of fruit you are using, your ratios are the same. For raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries crush one layer at a time using a potato masher. For our recipe today we will be using strawberries. Step 2 – Prepare Your Fruit. 6 2/3 cups.

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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 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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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We also used the 40 year old burnt orange coffee pot to make coffee that day as well as the 20 year old ice chest and 25 year old rain ponchos from the local amusement park, old plastic forks and spoons, unused condiment packages from fast food restaurant stops and plastic tablecloths used at last years wedding shower.

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Simple Guide to Canning and Making Homemade Jelly – Part 3

Couponing 101

Heat jars and lids in hot, not boiling, water until ready to use. No matter what type of fruit you are using, your ratios are the same. For raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries crush one layer at a time using a potato masher. For our recipe today we will be using strawberries. Step 2 – Prepare Your Fruit. 6 2/3 cups.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

This list of thoughtful, but FREE Christmas gift ideas is proof that you don’t need to spend a lot of money on the people you gift to if you use your time, resources, and creativity. Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. You could also use favorite pictures from the year.

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Homespun Alchemy ™: Creative Re~Use and Garden Magic.Sort of.

Frugal Luxuries

old canning jar with lid.a Using the canning~jar~lid~insert as a pattern.I traced circles atop the new fry~screen and then cut them out using the scissors. Use it liberally. Air Circulation : If your sprouts can’t breathe while growing - they can die. Here's how: ~~~~~~ I gathered my sprouting seeds.an

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