Arcticdude
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We're just sitting here next to the wood stove trying to stay warm, and watching it snow. We need the moisture but I was hoping for rain instead of snow. I'll take what we can get though.
Topped off the truck today. Gas was 2.93 it has went up 50 cents a gallon in the last week.
Stopped by Walmart today and they had canning lids but are rationing them. You can buy 2 boxes per day. They did not have that many!
We are in Summer mode here. Going to have a week of upper 80s to 90 with zero rain.We're just sitting here next to the wood stove trying to stay warm, and watching it snow. We need the moisture but I was hoping for rain instead of snow. I'll take what we can get though.
Been searching online for canning lids. I found some Ball wide mouth but no regular. Even went to the bulk sites. Nope. I did find funky brands with 1 and 2 star reviews. No thanks. If I go to that much trouble, I want my jars to stay sealed.
keep an order in at Fillmore - they are more bulk order - right now they have wide mouth "gold" if bought in bulk >>>>> Wholesale Canning Lids: 2-Piece Lids | Fillmore Container
no luck buying thru the large chain box stores? -
Been searching online for canning lids. I found some Ball wide mouth but no regular. Even went to the bulk sites. Nope. I did find funky brands with 1 and 2 star reviews. No thanks. If I go to that much trouble, I want my jars to stay sealed.
Be careful of some of the ones on places like ebay and Amazon as I have read some horror stories and many of those are cheap chinese knockoffs in fake Ball boxes.
I am starting to see some jars back on the shelves. Was in Ace Hardware the other day and they are getting jars with lids regularly now but very few boxes of lids alone. At Walmart if you are not there when they put them on the shelf then you will not get them. I have not seen any lids at Dollar General.
I got the Ball wide mouth and will look at TSC and Dollar General. I have had good luck with Golden Harvest and Mainstay. Some of the cheap lids I couldn't even pronounce the names so I passed
I have some reusable lids and still have some regular lids in my preps but have been using both sparingly. I am freezing and dehydrating more and canning less to conserve lids. Last I looked the reusable lids had a six week backlog on orders. I have no idea if we will see lids for another year.
Yesterday's high temp was 36 degrees. Although it snowed over half the day yesterday it didn't ammont to much. Its already up to 37 now and could hit 40 degs today.We are in Summer mode here. Going to have a week of upper 80s to 90 with zero rain.
My acquaintance owns the local ACE Hardware and she just saud they cant even reorder and has no idea when she can.
I started doing inventory. I save My used lids to use on pickles and kraut so I'm good there. I have reused lids that are in really good shape and I have quite a few of those. Its scary to use them though. ACE has one box of regular lids and are saving for me.
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