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sleek:

--- Quote from: GlisGlis on January 27, 2023, 09:36:51 am ---
--- Quote ---I'm going to plant a good sunflower patch for seeds and their roots
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what do you use the roots for?

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They taste amazing. Like water chestnuts.

TimBo:
Regarding canning supplies, keep an eye out for estate sales, garage sales, etc.  You will probably need to buy new lids, but you might luck out and run into unused ones in those places.

Eric Krewson:
The Face Book Market Place is a good place to pick up canning jars, most folk seem to think they are gold and in short supply then price them higher than new, there are really good deals that come up every now and then.

If the deal is good enough, I don't care how dirty they are, one trip though the dish washer and they are good to go. One thrift shop had 46 qt jars that had been stored in a dirt basement for sale for $6, they were really dirty. I mulled over driving over to get them for a week and they were gone when I called about them.

I bought this used shelving unit for $60 the other day, I have it bolted to the block wall with Topcon screws so it won't move. The surplus place that had them said they had 1500 of them, I waited a month before I drove by to pick one up, they only had 2 left. The bottom line; if you see a deal, you had better jump on it, you are not the only one stockpiling food and looking for supplies.



This shelving unit is a beast, being an old guy, I had to move it to my basement door with my tractor.



 

Stoker:
Eric's advice on storage are very important. A lot of your yeg will carry you into the winter.
Thanks Leroy

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