Comments on: Canning Fall http://www.canningacrossamerica.com/2009/08/26/canning-fall/ Join the Canvolution! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura http://www.canningacrossamerica.com/2009/08/26/canning-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Laura Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:33:13 +0000 http://www.canningacrossamerica.com/?p=1741#comment-136 I agree with Jimmy - it may not be practical for some people, but for those of us with large gardens and a commitment to eating local it is. I might not appreciate sweating over two dozen jars of tomato sauce in September, but I will definitely appreciate it come February when those jars are just waiting to become pasta sauce, sloppy joes and pot roast... Mmmm. And now I want to make apple jelly! I agree with Jimmy – it may not be practical for some people, but for those of us with large gardens and a commitment to eating local it is. I might not appreciate sweating over two dozen jars of tomato sauce in September, but I will definitely appreciate it come February when those jars are just waiting to become pasta sauce, sloppy joes and pot roast… Mmmm.

And now I want to make apple jelly!

]]> By: Jimmy Cracked Corn http://www.canningacrossamerica.com/2009/08/26/canning-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Jimmy Cracked Corn Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:29:31 +0000 http://www.canningacrossamerica.com/?p=1741#comment-134 I can't agree with you when you say it is no longer "practical" to can 20 jars of applesauce. My local organic orchard charges $16 per bushel of #2 apples, which are still pretty good looking fruit. I can 20 jars from the bushel, and even counting the sugar, canning lids, and electricity or propane they still only cost me less than $1.50 per jar of pesticide-free chucky deliciousness. My wife and I both work full time, but when something is important to a family, you make time to do it (read: watch less TV). I can’t agree with you when you say it is no longer “practical” to can 20 jars of applesauce. My local organic orchard charges $16 per bushel of #2 apples, which are still pretty good looking fruit. I can 20 jars from the bushel, and even counting the sugar, canning lids, and electricity or propane they still only cost me less than $1.50 per jar of pesticide-free chucky deliciousness. My wife and I both work full time, but when something is important to a family, you make time to do it (read: watch less TV).

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