Yes, I almost bought 2 cabinets, specifically for my canning jars, over the weekend. I felt too pressured because I do t have the space so, I backed out of it. Perhaps, there’s another way.
HEIDI, MY GRAND MOM TAUGHT ME HOW TO CAN AND STORE THE JARS AFTER SHE WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME"NEVER LEAVE THE RINGS ON" and "NEVER STACK YOUR JARS" so i never did either of them, now i know that i "CAN" do that that will free up half the pantry so i CAN DO MORE CANNING!! great video
Obviously, you clean the tops after you get the jars out of the water, and they seal, because it is possible for some syrup to came out, if you overfilled the jar. I've been canning for decades (I'm 71) and I was a certified Master Food Preserver, in the state of Utah. (You train to teach others mostly for free, as a volunteer, through the extension offices or through some universities.) Now people can do it online, but when I did, it was in person and you actually did the canning. I always leave the rings and I stack the jars (only one on top of another). The ring actually helps them stay stacked. I have yet to have a seal break or a ring get rusty since I do dry them. Makes it way easier to keep track of the rings than trying to remember where you stored them. Hint: the rings do not stack on top of each other, and if you can a lot we are taking a few hundred. Of course if you don't wipe them off so they are dry, then the lids can get rusty without the rings, especially if you live in a area that is very humid. When it comes to canning there are a lot of "horror stories" that someone told someone else, who was told by great grandma and on and on.
Thank you Sooo much! Been canning meat in pint jars, and I’m running out of cupboard space. I always clean the grooves and lip of the jars with vinegar before I lid them up for the canner. God bless you 🙏🏻❤️🕊🐾🦌🌲
@@WaterWhirld Most canners come with two racks. If they are available in your area, Walmart carries a silicone replacement rack for your canner. The metal rack could then be used between the layers of pint jars.
I never did leave them on until one day Katzcradle said she was worried about an earthquake and losing some canned chicken and she was putting them on. I pulled out about a hundred and put nice dry rings on them. It’s been a few years, they are fine. I guess people have left the rings on after processing and not let them dry completely that causes the rust. Jacks grandma in Texas
God is Good All The Time... I was BLESSED with 144 wide mouth flats for a VERY reasonable price today, AND Saturday I found a Nesco dehydrator at Goodwill for 10$ plus a pressure canner. Needless to say I've been busy 🥰 God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏
@@RainCountryHomestead I know 100% cotton is Best but can I use a 60/40 cotton/polyester fabric for the dehydrator cloth racks? Having a hard time finding 100 cotton these days... Thank You and God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏
Thank you so much for making this video. I have heard the, "no stacking" advice too and I like the way you think and your way of stacking them. This also helps out with storing all the extra rings which accumulate over time. I am definitely out of space and this opens up some options... Opens up shelf space too!
I am very new to canning and I could already see the writing on the wall. I'm going to run out of space. This video was very helpful. I subbed and rang the bell.
This was great, helpful and timely information Heidi! I am running out of space for my canning which I just started this year and was afraid to stack my jars. Thank you for your videos…I have learned so much from you!
Hello, Heidi! Each morning as I go through my routine of waking my body & mind up to get out into my garden, I watch videos to learn new things. I usually have a thought on what it is I need to learn about that day (today was: why it's recommended NOT to stack jars). Inevitably, you seem to ALWAYS have a quality video already prepared and uploaded to teach & guide my gardening/food preservation/herbalism journey. Gotta say, I am indebted to you for all you give of yourself to the rest of us. Best blessings to you and yours, dear lady!
This is a video I have been hoping to see... all that you talk about is such useful information... I live in a 3-story townhouse. There is no air-conditioning where I live so the upstairs is hot in summer... but in the cool basement, I work, and I fire a kiln to a high heat so it is not cool down there either... main floor has the kitchen... so... I am in a dilemma where to create my pantry for storage of canned jars... I really had to opt for converting a closet in my upstairs bedroom... so I hope it will be okay... I am just starting to get this pantry together and have ordered metal shelves and an All American canner and a hundred jars... I am all alone at 75 years of age... getting back into canning after not doing any of it for over 35 years...
The most important thing is that the temperature stay fairly consistent. While cool is better than hot, a comfortable temperature is fine. The biggest problems can happen in an area that drops down to freezing, which may cause jars to crack, or if the temperature fluctuates between cold and hot which can cause the lids to lose their seals
@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you so much for your reply... okay I think my closet will be okay ... on Vancouver Island our Summer heat is not that bad... and it won't get very cold up there. Take care dear...
I have run out of room for my home canned goods downstairs and revisited your video. Greatly relieved so I can organize better now without needing more shelving. Thank you!!! 👏
This is awesome! I have been absolutely freaking out because I have no room to store numerous jars in a single layer. Thank you so much for that now I can put some more food away praise the Lord! God bless you!
I’m in the process of designing my boxes. I want to put cardboard or something to prevent the glass from touching if I have to load up in a hurry, or if there’s men “helping me.😂 I’m also going to have leg’s on bottom that will fit into the top of the crate below. I’m positive it will be trial and error, but I have tons of scrap wood and I recently ordered my Ryobi cordless tools. Just need the table saw and I’ll be set. Been off grid periodically since 1984, and finally went all out about 15 years ago. Cordless tools are my happy place.😊
So thankful for this video! I too have run out of space! I’m going to make some of those boxes out of pallet wood! Immensely valuable info on stacking! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
I had been pondering this for some time - the ring is actually supported by the glass threads on the jar & not the lid, I'm comforted that I didn't just give in to the blind rules. TY for being a voice of reason!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the way you explain EVERYTHING. I subscribe to several channels such as yours. You give us ALL the information. You are simply the BEST channel for information. Thank you for all you do. Blessings to your Family. 💖
Thank you Heidi. The first thing I wondered about when I saw your stacked jars was the pressure on the lids. I'm so thankful you explained as my space is so limited. You are a lifesaver and a blessing.
Just wanted to say thank you sooo much. I used to do that years ago but was told how dangerous it was so I stopped. I will go back to doing so. You do it the same way I had always done it👍😊
I use similar technique. Wash jars and rings. Set aside proceeds for two weeks. I find if I have a lid failure the majority of the time it is 2-3 weeks after canning. Screw the dry bands back on, then back off a half turn. Generally I use/keep the cardboard boxes the original jars came in.
That information helped a lot. I was already barely putting the rings on, I was concerned about going higher than three boxes. I have very limited space! It's difficult for me in California to keep the rooms cool in over 100 deg temps all summer, with just a swamp cooler. My food won't last as long, but it's still worth canning for difficult times.. Thank you so much! 🌻
You are a life saver. I have my little pantry under the stairs and had some book shelves that work but running out of space. Your methods will allow me to store some more. Thanks so much
Thank you for this information. I was organizing my pantry on Sunday and there was so much empty space! I'm going to do this system from now on. I'm even going to have my husband make me some of those boxes to store empty jars as well with a few modifications, a box for each size canning jar I use, but slightly taller than the jar in case I have to store filled jars in them and cutouts on the side for ease of moving. Great info Heidi!!
Thank you for sharing how to store the jars, I keep my jars in the boxes they came in with cardboard in between them. I watched a video a few years back and she said stacking jars was a no no but you do what ya got to do right? Not everyone has a big house. Thank you again.
Jars and food storage, the screws back on the jars---this has been a question that I recently had--cannot believe that I am actually getting my question, in specific, answered right at the right time! THANK YOU! You're just awesome, girl! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)
great as I too am running out of space. I just got a wooden box but each inside corner there has a pc of wood that takes up space. If these were not there I could fit 1 more jar in each row. I will look for ones like this as he made the inside corners with perfect 90 degrees.
Nice boxes Patrick. Why not add a 1/2 “ to the box-so that the boxes rest on top of each other and not the jars at all. And drilling a hole or two for air circulation if that’s a concern. All in all, very nice boxes. Awesome channel Heidi. 🙂
If the plan years ago was to use them to store filled jars, he would have done that, but the purpose was for storing empty jars, I am repurposing them :)
I can't thank you enough for this video and information Heidi. I have been busy canning the garden harvest and have run out of room because I didn't think/know there was a safe way to double stack my jars.
I like the wooden box stacking method but if you simply make the sides of the box higher than the top of the jars no weight will ever rest on the lids. If you like the idea you could simply nail a thin strip along the top edges to raise the sides up on the boxes you already have. I do enjoy your videos and have watched many of them. TYVM.
Heidi your jams look so beautiful! Do you have recipes for your jams? And looks delicious! How pretty on the shelf!! How many hours a day are you working? Seems like it must be 16 hours a day! I need more energy ! But you really inspire me to do more,so Thank you
I have a couple of jam recipes out there, nothing fancy as I keep it simple. Yes, I would easily say at least 16 hours a day, a very good portion of that is youtube
I was wondering about this when I saw your shelf. Thank you for explaining it to us. I probably would have never asked because as long as you have been doing this I just figured maybe you had your own Technique that works for you.
Thank you Heidi again for good information on stacking canning jars. We were told never to stack jars. I am going to let Rick see it and this would be helpful for us
I had not ever seen that link either! Good research! Nice boxes! I stack mine ;) I do take care not to disturb the seals, I keep them in boxes not as nice as yours, lol
Research and common sence- I love it! Weck jars lids are designed to be easily stackable. The Weck book (Equivalent of Ball Blue Book) even recommends it to save space and explains why it is safe for their system. 😍 WECK JARS. The lids and rings are reusable many, many times. I've heard they are more expensive than Ball/ Kerr in the US. Where I live, it's the other way around.
@@RainCountryHomestead Just checked (the German) Amazon. A pack of 6 1pint Ball jars costs 26€ (30$). A pack of 24 580ml(1,2pints) Weck jars cost 23€ (27$). (That's without the rubber rings and clips, though. Marginally more expensive for a set that includes them. Though they can also be bought separately. But I have enough and they can be re-used for decades.) So, yeah... Imma stick to Weck :D What do they cost in the US?
@@RainCountryHomestead Thanks so much for replying! I was just curious, seeing how so many prepper pantries are FULL of what to me seemed to be very, very expensive jars. It makes a lot of sense that it is expensive to ship glass across the Atlantic... To everyone reading this: I wish you local food in local jars for a healthier self and 🌎.
most people who have not canned for year's DO FREAK OUT only because that's what they heard on Utube..this is a very WELL EXECUTED EXPLANATIONS on HOW YOU CAN STACK JAR'S.. BLESSINGS
Before I get into this video, I’m gonna say that the rings give you a false sense of security! When I told my niece that she giggled because her dad, on my brother, wanted to leave the rings on😹
Thanks Heidi for this info. I live in an appt with not much storage space so currently putting my jars on my laundry room shelves. I see many pantries with the large storage shelves(which I have 2) but it bothers me the extra jar height wasted space on each shelf (if not stacking)! Soo I’ve been thinking of ways to use the vertical space and you’ve proven to me I’m not crazy😂(my kid thinks I am🤪) Your way is way more convenient. I was thinking wood and 2x4’s.? But thanks again, your explanation sealed it!🤗❤️❤️❤️
@@chrishamill3170 Thank you I most certainly will! They are the steel kind and supposedly each shelf holds 600 lbs. I don’t think even filled double each shelf will get that much but will def keep an eye on it. Can’t waste nooo food or jars especially by breakage! 🤗
Yep, I am sure he could. These ones were made to store only empty jars initially but now I am repurposing them. If he had made them for storing filled jars, he would have simply made the sides taller.
Oh dear...first time canner and I have been storing preserves and salsas with lids on since July. 😞 Toss? Thank you, for the information! Very appreciated.
I had wondered about milk crates. I don't know about the dimensions on them or how many jars could fit in them. You can usually find those for a dime a dozen. I think I am going to try that
This is wonderful, as always Heidi! God bless and thank you for caring for others and helping us preserve what we can. You are so helpful! I have a question about the boxes Patrick has made, can you tell me how they were made. I suppose dimensions of the box is what I’m asking about.
Love your work! Just a question, wondering why Patrick didn't just make those lovely wood boxes deeper so that the box rested entirely on the box below? I'm asking because I know you thought of that and you have an answer!
Because he had made them for storing empty jars, not full, and was using slats from old pallets so he was going but the height of the boards. I later decided to use them for filled jars.
Yes, he could have but that was not his intention when building them the first time and I am not going to bother him to make more with the many other things he has to do so I will use these as is :)
Thank you for sharing again! Can you please do a video to show how you wash your jars after they seal? Or if you have, share the link? .... I wasn't able to find it on your channel
I would consider buying nice boxes like that if they were tall enough to clear the top of the lids without sagging. And quarts too. Maybe even 2 qt. size for my dehydrating. I am using totes right now. They do the trick but even with quarts there is about 3-4" of wasted space. They do seat together well though and having a handle big enough to have holes for a few fingers to pick them up is nice. I bought a few of the plastic jar boxes but they were sold out like the rest of canning stuff.
I've been canning for about 10 years and I've had only one jar unseal and I realized it when I went in to grab a jar of food and saw that it was bulging on the top, so I picked it up and it was completely unsealed.
Thank you for this video. Very informative. I also have a question about Elderberry syrup. Homemade of course. How long is it good for in the fridge or in storage?
If you add the raw honey to the infusion after it has cooled and do no cook it, it will keep the syrup good for at least two years in the fridge. I cannot remember if the one I have in the fridge is two or three years old but it is still good
