I usually have a few tomato plants and peppers to help through the winter, but haven’t really had any tomatoes this year, and we didn’t have any pepper plants that turned out this year either.
I have been canning beef and chicken recently, but need to get a bunch more done. I like to do it in the winter when I need the heat. Then in the summer, I don’t have to heat up the house-just open the jar and eat it or slightly heat it.
“like to do it in the winter when I need the heat. Then in the summer, I don’t have to heat up the house-just open the jar and eat it or slightly heat it.”
Me too!
For years my old farmhouse was only heated by propane space heaters and I didnt have a/c at all. Baking and canning provided much needed winter heat and it was a great blessing in summer not to add more heat. I now have nice central heat and air but those old habits remain. I see no reason to waste utility $$$ by not being sensible. Added bonus is my hubby had never been fed with home baked bread much. In cold weather I can’t hardy bring myself to purchase bread when baking bread is such a good way to warm the house. He now blames me and mainly the bread for a 30# weight gain. I keep telling him it’s not a problem, he was too skinny to start with ;)