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Thank you so much Shirley.
There are so many subforums, very difficult for me:)
Maria

Geeez guess I asked my question about a pressure canner in the wrong section?? It is in the cooking section...
Maria

I have been canning for years now, but with the weck methode see http://www.weckcanning.com/docs/about_weck.htm. I would like to can dried beans and pumkins, but for safety reasons it should not been done with the warm water bath. For some time I have been looking for a pressure canner, but the only...

I love this book! Look in it lots of time. Bought it at a church fair for 2 euros!
My oldest daughter Laura looked in the book and said: oh mom we don't need to buy a little farm, we only have to buy some land and build our house ourselves....
Maria

Hi Duncan, I have small children myself and they love to help me. They love to make new soap balls from soap scraps mixed with water, perhaps some herbs or Essential Oils. We save almost finished candles and make them into new candles. Beeswax candles they love to make as well. At my childrens schoo...

Thank you all for your warm welcome! Went to the market again today: got 14 kilo's of pears, 8 kilo's of apples, 3 kilo's of prunes and 8 boxes of mangoes for only 26 euro's. Tomorrow we are going to pick elderberries and make all kind of jams and sirops. I am going to dry the mangoes. Oh, and clogg...

I knew the site, but never saw the forum link! Thanks Berti for telling me that. My name is Maria I am 38 years old and live with my 2 little girls (4,5 and 6) near The Hague, the Netherlands. I try to be as selfsufficient as I can be. Just got about 13 litres of jam canned this week, made 6 litres ...