I and my two child laborere picked many lbs of blueberries this summer for $2/lb. When I figure out how many jars of jam we'd go through (and we buy the good stuff) all winter, I KNOW the price is SO much cheaper. I also know what I put in it.
Right now I'm getting peaches for less than $2/lb. I'm drying, canning, jamming, and buttering them. The canning, my dh takes his lunch to work to save $$. I try to put some fruit in each day. A can of delmonte canned fruit (or even half) is REALLY expensive. Home canned peaches are NOT so expensive and there's no alumnium cans to worry about.
I did another 4 pts of tomatoes. My CSA is in tomato overdrive right now (I love tomatos!) but I can't use all that I'm getting so I figure I'll save some for this winter!
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Swimming with Sharks
Loving my DH for 19 years
'Pete' 8.5 yo dd
'Dragonfly' 6 yo ds
the new kid is 3.5 yo ds
always remembering the one I didn't get to hold
Mary has been healed by the blood of the lamb