Canning season

manyplews · August 27, 2013

Well,it's that time of year but ,this year it's hard to find enough main crop tomatoes to make it worthwhile to can.Even the local truck farmer doesn't have enough to sell by the bushel.
My wife and I used to can/coldpack a lot of whole tomatoes,tomato juice,green beans,sauerkraut,beets,pickles and mincemeat.
I was very surprised at the price of some canning equipment and supplies.
We used a Squeezo to make juice and these things are now selling for over $150 - hard to believe.
http://www.squeezostrainer.com/produ...FUmi4AodXzIAsA

I see some on ebay but most of them aren't cheap either!

We have a 20 gallon crock that we used to to make sauerkraut.Looking online,one of these would likely cost 200 - 500 dollars today,

Happiness was going into the fruit cellar and looking at the 200-300 jars of canned food!

Our tomatoes have avoided the blight but I checked the calendar and counted 9 times,I applied Daconil this year.They also aren't ripening as fast as
they should - at least,that's my impression!

August 27, 2013	#1
manyplews Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SW Pa. Posts: 35	Canning season Well,it's that time of year but ,this year it's hard to find enough main crop tomatoes to make it worthwhile to can.Even the local truck farmer doesn't have enough to sell by the bushel. My wife and I used to can/coldpack a lot of whole tomatoes,tomato juice,green beans,sauerkraut,beets,pickles and mincemeat. I was very surprised at the price of some canning equipment and supplies. We used a Squeezo to make juice and these things are now selling for over $150 - hard to believe. http://www.squeezostrainer.com/produ...FUmi4AodXzIAsA I see some on ebay but most of them aren't cheap either! We have a 20 gallon crock that we used to to make sauerkraut.Looking online,one of these would likely cost 200 - 500 dollars today, Happiness was going into the fruit cellar and looking at the 200-300 jars of canned food! Our tomatoes have avoided the blight but I checked the calendar and counted 9 times,I applied Daconil this year.They also aren't ripening as fast as they should - at least,that's my impression!