Will someone please tell me your process for canning pumpkins safely? The master-canner lady I spoke to at our local university extension said you can't do it. The only thing that survived this first year in our unfenced garden were the little pumpkins and I would much rather can than take up freezer space. Thanks so much!
@lazy gardener Wonderful advice you posted! I still need to get comfortable using power tools. Waiting around for my busy husband to help is going to get me there though - it's driving me crazy and we have a coop to winterize!
@Beekissed if you ever make a video of you processing your chickens and canning them, I for one, would want to see it! I'm amazed at all you accomplish. My husband and I processed our first 2 cockerels about a month ago and it did not go well. We used a cone and he did the killing and plucked one, I did everything else (and it took forever). The cones were medium sized and I think too small for our boys - one actually backed out after being cut, and the first one he didn't cut enough the first time and it was bleeding too slow. It was horrible. My husband wanted to use the axe and I had said the cone was more humane and would let it bleed out better. Sigh. It was just not a good experience. I sooo wish we had had someone experienced like you there our first time. Now he really doesn't want to do it again and is convinced that eating cockerels they will taste bad. He literally wants to give away these birds that we have fed fermented organic food for roughly 6 months!
@lazy gardener Wonderful advice you posted! I still need to get comfortable using power tools. Waiting around for my busy husband to help is going to get me there though - it's driving me crazy and we have a coop to winterize!
@Beekissed if you ever make a video of you processing your chickens and canning them, I for one, would want to see it! I'm amazed at all you accomplish. My husband and I processed our first 2 cockerels about a month ago and it did not go well. We used a cone and he did the killing and plucked one, I did everything else (and it took forever). The cones were medium sized and I think too small for our boys - one actually backed out after being cut, and the first one he didn't cut enough the first time and it was bleeding too slow. It was horrible. My husband wanted to use the axe and I had said the cone was more humane and would let it bleed out better. Sigh. It was just not a good experience. I sooo wish we had had someone experienced like you there our first time. Now he really doesn't want to do it again and is convinced that eating cockerels they will taste bad. He literally wants to give away these birds that we have fed fermented organic food for roughly 6 months!