Watcha doing today?

[j.w]

@Gemma no heat in your winters would not be good. Think we could prolly make it here ok w/o it but it wouldn't be fun. Lots of sweaters and layers but we do have lots of firewood and a woodstove. As for food we might be in trouble there. I have no canning or loads of stuff in the freezer either.
I better start picking blackberries as I see tons of those now!

[brokensword]

So far today I picked up a bunch of tomatoes, onions and herbs from the garden, cooked it into tomato sauce and canned my very first jars
Very long process but hey if it comes out good it was all worth it and I'm happy!
Tomorrow I plan on going in the garden and pick all bunch of different veggies so I can make vegetable soup and can that too

I'm just starting out with this canning thingy, anyone on here preserves their own food?

How much room/space/jars have you provided for, esp come the fall harvest? LONG long ago, my mom canned stuff. Pretty good idea if any of the 'food shortage' rumors start coming true!!

Farmer Gemma; yep, aren't we lucky the Annex has an expert, ol lil queenie??? @j.w

If for "room" you mean where am I going to keep the jars, I have room in the basement...not sure how many boxes of jars, I suppose I could get more....food shortage? Bad, yes, but not as bad as no heat

I was gonna say, but lil queenie beat me to it; the Annex is chock full o' wood; maybe you might think along those lines, along with the canning! Or, should you come up on the frozen side, I'm sure royalty here would allow the 'mopper' to sit closer to the fire on those nights, I mean, AFTER yer chores be done! (leastways, that's the deal offered to ME when I groused about heat!!!) Not a lot of sympathy, as you might have already noticed! Half the time, she's making snide comments about how the ridin' koi haven't been brushed down, how the saddle is always on the wet side. I give her this dumb and dumber look, which means 'they're fish; whatcha expect?' Not that THAT gets me very far...

[j.w]

How much room/space/jars have you provided for, esp come the fall harvest? LONG long ago, my mom canned stuff. Pretty good idea if any of the 'food shortage' rumors start coming true!!

Farmer Gemma; yep, aren't we lucky the Annex has an expert, ol lil queenie??? @j.w

If for "room" you mean where am I going to keep the jars, I have room in the basement...not sure how many boxes of jars, I suppose I could get more....food shortage? Bad, yes, but not as bad as no heat

I was gonna say, but lil queenie beat me to it; the Annex is chock full o' wood; maybe you might think along those lines, along with the canning! Or, should you come up on the frozen side, I'm sure royalty here would allow the 'mopper' to sit closer to the fire on those nights, I mean, AFTER yer chores be done! (leastways, that's the deal offered to ME when I groused about heat!!!) Not a lot of sympathy, as you might have already noticed! Half the time, she's making snide comments about how the ridin' koi haven't been brushed down, how the saddle is always on the wet side. I give her this dumb and dumber look, which means 'they're fish; whatcha expect?' Not that THAT gets me very far...

Yes dumb and dumber is the right look for you Kingy boy! Them that are hard workers will reap the bennies of the kingdom's supplies. There is no free ride here ya know................not even on those beautiful koi. Oh and I seen ya sneakin a ride now and then Kingy Boy.
Don't think that won't come outta your pay check too

[Gemma]

@Gemma no heat in your winters would not be good. Think we could prolly make it here ok w/o it but it wouldn't be fun. Lots of sweaters and layers but we do have lots of firewood and a woodstove. As for food we might be in trouble there. I have no canning or loads of stuff in the freezer either.
I better start picking blackberries as I see tons of those now!

If we had no heat it would totally suck but I'm sure we could manage ...we'd be ok, but my parrot wouldn't last a day

[Gemma]

Finally the soup has the last 35 mins in the pressure canner (put it in for 85mins)....it's been another long day
...I can see now that if I would to retire, my workload would actually increase

[brokensword]

If for "room" you mean where am I going to keep the jars, I have room in the basement...not sure how many boxes of jars, I suppose I could get more....food shortage? Bad, yes, but not as bad as no heat

I was gonna say, but lil queenie beat me to it; the Annex is chock full o' wood; maybe you might think along those lines, along with the canning! Or, should you come up on the frozen side, I'm sure royalty here would allow the 'mopper' to sit closer to the fire on those nights, I mean, AFTER yer chores be done! (leastways, that's the deal offered to ME when I groused about heat!!!) Not a lot of sympathy, as you might have already noticed! Half the time, she's making snide comments about how the ridin' koi haven't been brushed down, how the saddle is always on the wet side. I give her this dumb and dumber look, which means 'they're fish; whatcha expect?' Not that THAT gets me very far...

Yes dumb and dumber is the right look for you Kingy boy! Them that are hard workers will reap the bennies of the kingdom's supplies. There is no free ride here ya know................not even on those beautiful koi. Oh and I seen ya sneakin a ride now and then Kingy Boy.
Don't think that won't come outta your pay check too

Harumpf! You call letting them out in the 'backyard' to do their thing 'sneaking a ride'???? Sheesh; we need ta talk!

So, paycheck = $0, you gave me a raise as now you took away half of that...does this mean you're taking away MORE of nothing??? Wow, movin' up in the kingdom, I am!!

[brokensword]

@Gemma no heat in your winters would not be good. Think we could prolly make it here ok w/o it but it wouldn't be fun. Lots of sweaters and layers but we do have lots of firewood and a woodstove. As for food we might be in trouble there. I have no canning or loads of stuff in the freezer either.
I better start picking blackberries as I see tons of those now!

If we had no heat it would totally suck but I'm sure we could manage ...we'd be ok, but my parrot wouldn't last a day

HEY! As a member of the 'male' class of human, I take umbrage with that! No fair calling MrGemma a 'parrot'. Sheesh!

[Gemma]

@Gemma no heat in your winters would not be good. Think we could prolly make it here ok w/o it but it wouldn't be fun. Lots of sweaters and layers but we do have lots of firewood and a woodstove. As for food we might be in trouble there. I have no canning or loads of stuff in the freezer either.
I better start picking blackberries as I see tons of those now!

If we had no heat it would totally suck but I'm sure we could manage ...we'd be ok, but my parrot wouldn't last a day

HEY! As a member of the 'male' class of human, I take umbrage with that! No fair calling MrGemma a 'parrot'. Sheesh!

I can't get used to this "MRGemma"

[brokensword]

If we had no heat it would totally suck but I'm sure we could manage ...we'd be ok, but my parrot wouldn't last a day

HEY! As a member of the 'male' class of human, I take umbrage with that! No fair calling MrGemma a 'parrot'. Sheesh!

I can't get used to this "MRGemma"

he ain't so fond of it either, let me tell you...

Just don't hand him the mop; gonna shatter all sorts of firmly held stereotypes!!

[j.w]

@Gemma no heat in your winters would not be good. Think we could prolly make it here ok w/o it but it wouldn't be fun. Lots of sweaters and layers but we do have lots of firewood and a woodstove. As for food we might be in trouble there. I have no canning or loads of stuff in the freezer either.
I better start picking blackberries as I see tons of those now!

If we had no heat it would totally suck but I'm sure we could manage ...we'd be ok, but my parrot wouldn't last a day

Can't let that parrot freeze, just start burning the furniture!

[j.w]

Poor Mr Gemma an innocent bystander didn't join up or anything and he's getting hit up w/all this crap anyways
Hey @Gemma can you teach that bird to call him Mr Gemma

[brokensword]

Poor Mr Gemma an innocent bystander didn't join up or anything and he's getting hit up w/all this crap anyways
Hey @Gemma can you teach that bird to call him Mr Gemma

yes, can you? And make sure you record it...