Canning Is Economical

[Meerkat]

We can to store but mostly we can to save money. We can buy meats and veggies on sale and can them ,it saves a lot of money.

 

[jimLE]

Not to mention it taste better to. Plus it'll be there a year or two from now, if it don't get eaten first

 

[Meerkat]

Not to mention it taste better to. Plus it'll be there a year or two from now, if it don't get eaten first

Very good point, and we know what it in it too. And when it was actually packed and produced.

 

[Sentry18]

I will add that it is FAR healthier for you than the "commercial" equivalent.

 

[Meerkat]

I will add that it is FAR healthier for you than the "commercial" equivalent.

For sure!

 

[zoomzoom]

I honestly can't say that it's cheaper, but it's a lot better.

For example, tomatoes, your options are:
A: go to the store and buy tomato products.
B: can your own tomatoes which consists of:

Garden prep which includes rototilling the soil and testing/applying appropriate fertilizer.
Buy the plants
Plant the plants
Weed the garden, over and over.
Then, every few days:

Harvest the tomatoes.
Prep the canning equipment.
Clean/sterilize your jars and equipment.
Clean the tomatoes.
Process the tomatoes.
Can the tomatoes.
Store the tomatoes.
Clean all the canning equipment.
Put everything away.
Repeat.​

 

[Meerkat]

I honestly can't say that it's cheaper, but it's a lot better.

For example, tomatoes, your options are:
A: go to the store and buy tomato products.
B: can your own tomatoes which consists of:

Garden prep which includes rototilling the soil and testing/applying appropriate fertilizer.
Buy the plants
Plant the plants
Weed the garden, over and over.
Then, every few days:

Harvest the tomatoes.
Prep the canning equipment.
Clean/sterilize your jars and equipment.
Clean the tomatoes.
Process the tomatoes.
Can the tomatoes.
Store the tomatoes.
Clean all the canning equipment.
Put everything away.
Repeat.​

We made it easier than all that Zoom. The hard part is getting started though. Good thing we did 20 years ago before we got too old. Now everything is right near the house that use to be a trek across the field.
We seldom buy alot of transplants, we sew seed instead.
Heating grennhouse is a big deal though.

Canning can be a little work, especially cutting up 65lb.s of beef, what a job that was.

 

[jimLE]

I honestly can't say that it's cheaper, but it's a lot better.

For example, tomatoes, your options are:
A: go to the store and buy tomato products.
B: can your own tomatoes which consists of:

Garden prep which includes rototilling the soil and testing/applying appropriate fertilizer.
Buy the plants
Plant the plants
Weed the garden, over and over.
Then, every few days:

Harvest the tomatoes.
Prep the canning equipment.
Clean/sterilize your jars and equipment.
Clean the tomatoes.
Process the tomatoes.
Can the tomatoes.
Store the tomatoes.
Clean all the canning equipment.
Put everything away.
Repeat.​

I'd rather go through all that. Instead of buying it. On account a good deal of the tomatoes are 1 step short of tasteless.. I no longer buy the store bought chili. I can my own now. In which I have it 2 ways. 1 is to be eaten as is. (watery)..other is thick, for chili dogs,and Frito chili pie.

 

[zoomzoom]

I honestly can't even eat store bought tomato products anymore.
I'll go through the canning motions just so I can eat tomato products.

 

[Deby]

I do find many things are more expensive to can but, Im much happier with my own product.

 

[Dani]

Even with all the effort put into growing and canning, your getting a far superior product than the cans you buy or even what they classify fresh in the produce department. With just a few plants, you can put up well over a years worth of tomato products for you and your family that is made 100% natural, so that in itself is worth the peace of mind. I'm up to a little manuel labor for that kind of satisfaction any day.

 

[zoomzoom]

Yea, I measured it up. It cost me somewhere around $5 per quart or higher to can it but dang... it's worth it.

 

[jimLE]

I just ate a pint of my home made chicken soup.forgot to add some Ramon noodles to it this. And yes. My dogs n me loved every bite. :thumbs up:

 

[Meerkat]

Store bought tomatoes have no taste at all compared to growing your own.

 

[Terri9630]

I honestly can't say that it's cheaper, but it's a lot better.

For example, tomatoes, your options are:
A: go to the store and buy tomato products.
B: can your own tomatoes which consists of:

Garden prep which includes rototilling the soil and testing/applying appropriate fertilizer.
Buy the plants
Plant the plants
Weed the garden, over and over.
Then, every few days:

Harvest the tomatoes.
Prep the canning equipment.
Clean/sterilize your jars and equipment.
Clean the tomatoes.
Process the tomatoes.
Can the tomatoes.
Store the tomatoes.
Clean all the canning equipment.
Put everything away.
Repeat.​

It's not quite as expensive for some. We use a pig to till the garden over winter, use manure from our livestock to fertilize, don't test the soil or buy plants. We save the seeds but we do have to weed.

 

[marlas1too]

I grow and can all the time and when you can you know just what is in it and not a lot of chems