Ellen Morrow

Thank you, everyone, for such quick replies!  I was afraid the re-canning process would make the product really soft.

The husband just told me that the same store also sells quantities of FRESH carrots!  Revising plans now...

I figured if anyone could answer this question, it would be someone in here...

We recently discovered a store that sells giant containers of all sorts of food products (5 gallon bucket of mayo, anyone?)  My question is, can we get one of those big cans of sliced carrots and re-can them in mason jars of a more reasonable size?

The Blue Book says to can carrots for 25 minutes, but that is for fresh.  Would the pre-canned product have to go so long to be safe?

I appreciate all help.

I just finished a house dress!  There must be something in the air causing a renewed interest in a formerly despised garment.

If you like sewing, check out mrsdepew.com.  She has patterns from 1890 - 1970s and many of them are housedresses and aprons.  Mine is from the 1920s and super simple.  Fold the fabric, cut a hole for the neck, sew up the sides, done!  There is minimal shaping with some gathers at the sides over the hips.  The pattern comes with pockets (which I ignored) and embroidery patterns (ditto).

I do believe I will make more of these :)

Because of a fairly annoying ad on Gab, I learned about purslane (same thing as pigweed?).  It is a scraggly weed with juicy, oval leaves and it is edible.

Somewhat later the husband was fussing about this weed in the garden and was yanking it up right and left.  I chomped down a handful of it and told him to consider it a ground cover that would crowd out less desireable weeds.

I then planted a sprig on my hugel-stump to see how it would fare in part shade.

I am learning (mainly from Permies) that most of the weeds in the yard are actually useful plants!

Capes are Carnaby Street, cloaks are Sherwood Forest.

That was me, I think.   Cackling old sea hag.

What a beautiful  garden!   And did you say your squash was growing in the shade?

The stump is now growing things!  Earlier this  year the cat upset a tray of sprouting herbs and only one sad little sage survived.   So the husband planted it on the stump.  It has done rather well in spite of the lack of full sun.  Later I added some squash seeds and they are growing.

Today I checked the stump an found a calibrachoa blooming!   It can only be from the dead hanging basket I put on the stump last winter.   There must have been some viable seeds in there!

An incident on the other side of the house showed me that deer will eat squash.   I'd better put a cage on this one.

R, if you like the Folkwear walking skirt pattern,  check out Black Snail Patterns.  Same skirt, better price :)

Jay, they eat insects, no problem with that.  However,  they are attracted by the house lights.  I just have to remember to shut the screen door at sunset.   Usually I leave it cracked so the cat can come and go, and sometimes I forget to close it.

We haven't had any in quite a while, so I guess a new tribe has moved into the area.