[Diana in Wisconsin]

Now that it's getting to be Canning Season I thought I'd share this handy little chart I found a few years ago so we don't use jars that might actually be WORTH a tidy sum! I went through my stash of Ball jars a few years ago and the oldest one I have is from 1900! Blows my little mind that I possess something that was used over and over again to preserve food for 119 YEARS and is still functional for the most part; it now holds old Marbles from when Beau & I were kids. We both played Marbles and discovered that we BOTH had saved our favorites from childhood. They are now all co-mingled and neither one of us is motivated enough to sort them out if we end our Romance so I think we're safe! *SMIRK*

https://minnetrista.net/blog/2013/06/27/ball-family-history/how-to-date-a-ball-jar/

P.S. Beau knows better than to even THINK about messing with my Button Jar, LOL!

[MomwithHope]

Very interesting thanks for posting. I have lots of very old jars and use them all even the blue ones. I saved that chart. Here's one of our sunflowers that has a bloom already. From a dropped seed from the feeder. We always have some. Just took it. Cooler today thankfully and a breeze.