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Hello all,
Does this look like a good deal? John http://www.foodsaver.com/vacuum-seal...L3461-035.html |
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On 9/19/2014 10:09 AM, wrote:
> Hello all, > Does this look like a good deal? > John > > http://www.foodsaver.com/vacuum-seal...L3461-035.html > Not to me, I've never had to pay that much for one and have owned three or four. Last two I bought I got on Amazon, always cheaper than the Foodsaver site. Go here to take a look: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...8j1k98 l0vl_p If there is a Bed, Bath, and Beyond nearby take a look there. Bought one for one of the grandkids there at a hefty discount. Found another one for son at a thrift store, still in the sealed box. Do a search on "vacuum sealer" and you will find a few brands that are much better than the Tilia units, some a little more expensive because they last longer. I've not had a Foodsaver last more than ten years but that was suitable at the time. My main complaint about Foodsaver is that they have increased the depth of the vacuum seal in order to sell you more bags, and that's where they make the most money. My original unit 25 years ago used up less than a half inch of bag, now it's nearly two inches. I buy generic bag material in both 8 and 11 inch widths on line much cheaper. I have mentioned on here before that I turn the used bags inside out after a first rinse, then hang them on the top shelf of the dishwasher with wooden clothes pins to get them thoroughly clean then hang them to air dry. I reuse the bags until they only hold one wiener <G>. Thrifty is as thrifty does. Hope this helps. George, in very wet SE Texas, over six inches of rain since day before yesterday. |
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Thanks for your help George. I have some research to do. John
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Tuesday Morning usually has those gizmos pretty cheap.
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On 9/21/2014 2:58 PM, bigwheel wrote:
> ;1971721 Wrote: >> Thanks for your help George. I have some research to do. John > > Tuesday Morning usually has those gizmos pretty cheap. > > > > Dang! forgot about Tuesday Morning, my wife's favorite store, comes home with stuff we already have. <G> I like church stores and Good Will plus any other thrift place, have made some very cheap purchases over the years. Last good buy was a set of pruning tools, sticker price $40, cost me $3.00, still in the original packaging, they had two so I bought both and gave one set to a cousin in need. George |
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Ihanks for the tip Bigwheel. I checked out Tuesday Morning & they didn't
have any but I did find some heavy winter caps for half price :-) John |
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Here in SE Wisconsin a heavy winter hat is a necessity, especially last
winter. We had one of the colest winters in about 25 years. It was a tough one. It would snow then start to defrost & then freeze. My driveway which is about 100 ft. long & uphill to the garage was a sheet of ice for days at a time. I did very little driving last winter. Did you ever consider catalogueing your freezer? I have 3 stand up Frostless freezers & I keep track of everything in them & my pantry: I even mark the location . Otherwise I would never find anything. Hope this helps. John Here's an example of my Pantry inventory: Fruit Jams, Jellies, Butters =================== Raspberries 07/06/14 1 2.5 lbs, Bag Fresh Raspberries #1 FR__1__SH_3 07/11/14 1 2.5 lbs, Bag Fresh Raspberries #2 FR__1__SH_3 07/13/14 1 2.5 lbs, Bag Fresh Raspberries #3 FR__1__SH_3 ====================================== Heirloom Beans (Canned) 08/07/14 7 Pint Jars Cranberry Green Beans Box__M 08/19/14 3 Pint Jars Cranberry Green Beans Box__F ================== 08/09/14 5 Pint Jars Sultan's Golden Crescent Beans Box__M 08/12/14 2 Pint Jars Sultan's Golden Crescent Beans Box__F 08/19/14 3 Pint Jars Sultan's Golden Crescent Beans Box__Beans_2014_A 08/26/14 1 Quart Jars Sultan's Golden Crescent Beans Box__G ====================================== Brussel Sprouts__Fresh 11/08/13 1 Gal Bag Brussel Sprouts ( 1 Very Small, 2 Small Braise, 2 Large Braise) FR__1__SH_4_Left ====================================== Tomatoes 09/03/12 5 Qt. Bag Tomatoes (Equal to 10-14.5 oz. Cans in Total) Freezer__1__Shelf_3__Left 09/05/12 1 Qt. Bag Rose Tomatoes (Equal to 2-14.5 oz. Cans in Total) Freezer__1__Shelf_3 ====================================== Bean Soups 07/13 3 Qt. Bags Cannellini Bean Soup with Swiss Chard #1 GE__Door 07/13 2 Qt. Bags Cannellini Bean Soup with Swiss Chard #2 GE__Door 08/13 3 Qt. Bags Cannellini Bean Soup with Swiss Chard #3 GE__Door 01/14 1 Qt. Bags Serbian White Bean Soup___A GE__Top_Shelf_Rear 01/14 1 Qt. Bags Serbian White Bean Soup___B_With Tomatoes & Butternut Squash GE__Top_Shelf_Rear 01/14 2 Qt. Bags Serbian White Bean Soup___C_With Tomatoes & Butternut Squash & Tomato Soup GE__Top_Shelf_Rear |
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Sounds like we both think alike. Good luck on your party. John
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:28:07 -0500, George Shirley >
wrote: >On 10/1/2014 1:02 PM, wrote: >> Sounds like we both think alike. Good luck on your party. John >> >You must be an old geezer too. <G> Hi, George, Judging by the activity on this group it almost seems like us old geezers are about all who are left doing home preserving. BTW, a belated Happy Birthday to you. That's when you closed the (by the year) gap on me but, in another couple of weeks I'll be five years older than you again ;-). We had a terrible cool, wet summer for the garden this year. Early blight, then late blight on the tomatoes, poor flavour but, at least a bit better than supermarket cardboard varieties. Wasn't worth putting any down this year though. Garlic did surprisingly well but, of course, we planted it last October. Almost time to think about putting it in again. Might not get as much planted this year since Gerry is the Chief Gardener and she is going in next week for a hip replacement, actually a replacement for the replacement she had done in '96, so she won't be doing much gardening this fall. We did manage to blanch, vac-pak and freeze a lot of green beans as well as making a couple dozen jars of dilly beans. Along with two batches of pepper jelly yesterday, that about sums up our preserving for this year. Pretty skimpy compared to some years! One thing I am kind of proud of though, with Gerry's invaluable assistance, we managed to build a new 10'x 10' garden shed. She's wanted one for years and this year it happened. Our old barn suffered some serious wind damage so we rescued some of the old barn boards and used them as siding on the new shed. http://tinypic.com/r/2ahwao5/8 Enjoy your nice warm weather. Our forecast is for 6ºC (43ºF) by this week-end. All the best to you, Miz Anne and Tilly Dawg. Ross. Southern Ontario, Canada |
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On 10/1/2014 6:29 PM, Ross@home wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:28:07 -0500, George Shirley > > wrote: > >> On 10/1/2014 1:02 PM, wrote: >>> Sounds like we both think alike. Good luck on your party. John >>> >> You must be an old geezer too. <G> > > Hi, George, > > Judging by the activity on this group it almost seems like us old > geezers are about all who are left doing home preserving. > BTW, a belated Happy Birthday to you. That's when you closed the (by > the year) gap on me but, in another couple of weeks I'll be five years > older than you again ;-). I sure hope we are both around to catch up again in five years Ross. Most of the men in my family line die early from heart attacks. My Dad at 71, his Dad at 56, and his Dad at 24. One uncle at 33, another at 76 and one made it all the way to 96, a miracle for the Shirley men. > We had a terrible cool, wet summer for the garden this year. Early > blight, then late blight on the tomatoes, poor flavour but, at least a > bit better than supermarket cardboard varieties. Wasn't worth putting > any down this year though. Ours was extremely hot and mostly dry with spurts of heavy rain. Our gardens did do well as the contents of our freezers tell us. > Garlic did surprisingly well but, of course, we planted it last > October. Almost time to think about putting it in again. Might not get > as much planted this year since Gerry is the Chief Gardener and she is > going in next week for a hip replacement, actually a replacement for > the replacement she had done in '96, so she won't be doing much > gardening this fall. > We did manage to blanch, vac-pak and freeze a lot of green beans as > well as making a couple dozen jars of dilly beans. Ha! Opened a package of frozen green beans this afternoon for dinner, put up in May 2012. Need to get in that section and root around and put the old ones up front. > Along with two batches of pepper jelly yesterday, that about sums up > our preserving for this year. Pretty skimpy compared to some years! > One thing I am kind of proud of though, with Gerry's invaluable > assistance, we managed to build a new 10'x 10' garden shed. She's > wanted one for years and this year it happened. Our old barn suffered > some serious wind damage so we rescued some of the old barn boards and > used them as siding on the new shed. http://tinypic.com/r/2ahwao5/8 > Enjoy your nice warm weather. Our forecast is for 6ºC (43ºF) by this > week-end. That's a nice barn Ross, y'all did a good job. Our backyard shed is a resin package bought at a local big box store. Took us two days to put it together and then another two days to square it up. Works well but I need to put a vent on the roof to keep it cooler. > All the best to you, Miz Anne and Tilly Dawg. > > Ross. > Southern Ontario, Canada > Thanks, Miz Anne and Tilly Dawg are out walking the retention pond path at the moment. Both of them like that late afternoon walk. Used to walk a lot myself until the strokes came along and minimized my right leg, now I look like Lurch on the old TV show when I walk. George, SE Texas |
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Hi Ross,
We also got hit with 2 blights on the tomatoes this year. It cut down on the amount of tomatoes but what I got tasted pretty good. Last year I put 24 Qts. of San Marzano Tomato sauce in the freezer but this year only 4 1/2 Qts. went in. Also the San Marzanos were about 1/3 of the size of last year. I did spray with copper fungicide & the plants are still producing new tomatoes as we speak. My Rose tomatoes are about 6 1/2 ft high but are done producing. I already pulled the Defiants. They did well, they are very resistant to blights.I also had good luck with beans this year. I planted 8 different types of Heirloom beans. I canned 36 pints, 5 quarts og green snap beans. I canned 13 pints, 4 -1/2 pints of Dilly beans. I put about 5 lbs. in the freezer, about 6 llbs in my belly. I also abou 11-12 lbs. of dry beans. Not a bad haul. I also did well on the Zucchini this year. My raspberry bushes produced another 22 lbs. this year. I'll have to step up my Polish Raspberry Cordial production :-) And I am an old geezer. I'll be 71 in January. John |
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Hi George,
I have a double lot which is 134' x 135' which comes to 18090 sq ft.My garden is about 28' x 30', but this year I didn't plant the whole garden. I was going through Physical Therapy for my hips at rototilling & planting time. My friend from Chicago came up & rototilled my garden & planted 12 tomato plants. He also helped with the tomato cages & spreading the straw in the garden. The he chopped down some small trees & shrubs in the back of the garage. I grow my beans in rows running east & west starting from the north side of the garden. I have successfully grown Kentucky pole beans, cucumbers, & Kirby pickles in the past years on 2 trellisses in this location.This year I decided to grow 8 different kinds of Heirloom beans. I built a third trellis.One trellis consists of a 4 ft. wire fence to which I attached some wooden uprights to extend it to 6 ft. Then I ran some old 17 lb. green Trilene fishing line horizontally so the beans could climb up. For the other 2 trellisses I used 4 ft high steel fencing stakes to which I attached 1/2 " electrical conduit pipe with Plastic wire ties.I I used to work at a company that made the wire ties & they would let us take any rejects. I have a couple of boxes of various sizes in the garage.I the attached 5' x 15' Nylon netting material which I purchased from Burpees again using wire ties. I space the trellisses about 3 1/2 feet apart. I planted Tarbais, Lazy Housewife, Brockton Horticultural, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Turkey Craw, Good Mother Stallard, Sultan's Golden Crescent, & Speckled Cranberry. using 75' of space . On the other 15 ft I tried to grow cucumbers but because of the weather & the rabbits I retilled the soil after a month & planted Kentucky pole beans. I the planted 2 rows of 6 tomatoes each 5 ft. to the south and 5 ft. apart. I the planted 5 Zucchini Squash plants south of the tomatoes & 6 Butternut Squash around the perimeter of the garden to run onto the grass around the garden. Two feet south of ths garden I built 2- 4ft by 8ft raised beds. In the first bed I planted Swiss Chard & Boomingsdale Spinach. I didn't get the second one finished in time to plant. The Raspberries are in a row running east to west in front of my deck.I built a box about 14 ft by 2 ft & planted 5 Elliot Raspberry bushes that I bought from Burpees. I built a Vee shaped trellis using steel fence supports on an angle & Aluminum aircraft wire tightened by turn buckle around ths bushes & when I prune them back in the Spring I attach the prima canes to the wire using wire ties. Last year I got about 20 lbs of berries, this year 22lbs. I am very interested in this "Mel's Mix from Square Foot Gardening". I am going to research it. Seems easier than using dirt, especially when it comes ti tilling & weeding. I would appreciate any info that you can share on that subject. Didn't mean to write a book :-) but once I get started. John |
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