Canning supplies were in VERY short supply last year. Buy them when you see them, no matter where you are!
I will also recommend http://www.lehmans.com for all kinds of old-timey gadgets and things to make life easier. :)
They also offer a catalog: https://www.lehmans.com/catalog_request
Lehman’s rocks!!!!
People want their Non-electric catalog, for living like our ancestors or the Amish, off the grid.
It was pickling since Thanksgiving and I was worried that it would have gone bad but it was the best we have ever made. Pickling meat is a really good way to preserve it if you can not get around to canning it right away.
And pickled beef and pork is very tasty.
I have been wanting a water distiller for several years. Not the electric kind that is mostly what you see for sale, for obvious reasons. I believe you can make one with a pressure cooker and some coiled copper tube, if you had to, but you’ll need the right hardware to attach the tube, and you can’t put most modern pressure cookers over a fire.