Congrats to our winner: Liz Lew!!
Most people consider college funds, life insurances policies, etc. when they think about planning for a safe future for their children. Our mission as parents includes protecting our young in the event of natural or other disasters…
For the next several weeks, Krazy Clippers and our featured sponsor, Copy-Kids will explore different ways in which we can be prepared in our homes for unexpected events.
The first in our series explores the age-old skill of canning. Traditionally this would be the time of year when people would can and preserve fresh fruits and vegetables for the winter.
If you are new to canning, you can learn more here! Did you know you can save A LOT of money by canning your own fruits and vegetables? It is healthier too!
And for those of you who want to give canning a try. We have a special giveaway!
We are giving away all of the tools you need to get started!!
Ball Stainless Water-Bath Canner
(12) 16oz Ball Canning Jars
5 Piece Canning Tools Set
Copy-Kids eat fruits & vegetables DVD
We also would like to thank the AWESOME Blogs that helped make this giveaway possible!!
Total of $126 Prize Pack – One Winner Takes All!!
Enter Below & Good Luck! Open to US & Canada Residents.
The giveaway ends at 11:59 pm ET on 11/3/12.
Note: Please add krazyclippers@gmail.com to your email contacts!
Terms & Conditions: The winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to claim their prize before a new winner will be selected.
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My mother cans, and I canned for the first time with her last year. I would love to do more of it.
No, but my mom does and she’d be glad to show me how.
Uhm, no. I have never canned before. It actually kind of scares me that I might contaminate people
But I am very willing to give it a try.
I would love to be able to have new canning supplies!
My mom did when I was little, but I never have. I need to learn though because I plant a garden every yea and it would be nice to have some of that in the winter
I would love to have these. I have never canned by myself but have helped my momwould be something great to teach my daughter as well!
I hhave canned applesauce a couple times bbut want to learn to do more!
I would love new canning supplies
I grow a garden have a peach tree and can lots in the summer, yes it is much better than out of the stores in a can. I love having fresh, when garden is on, but hate to see it waste, so eat what I can , can what I can’t! I could use so new canning stuff.
The only canning I’ve done is jam. Does that count?
I have attempted it haha
I have never canned before but I want to learn. My dad LOVES apple butter and I want to take a stab at it.
I would really love to start canning!
my mom and dad always canned when I was little and I would help them.I wanna can on my own and teach my kids.
No but my mom and grandma used to and I always wanted to learn how.
I grow my own garden. I love to can my own pizza sauce to make our own pizzas. Nothing beats eating the food you have grown.
No, I never canned before. My mom and I used to do jelly that we would seal with wax, but I would love to cann. So many delicious options, and having food set aside that you prepared yourself means that i would be ready for a quick meal or emergency.
No, but canned food is really yummy!
My mother cans and I’m learning
thank you!
no,
but would love to learn
My mother in law cans and she has taught me some.
I have canned for many years, we have an “outside” garden and we built a green house using almost all recycled stuff. It’s enclosed with recycled windows with screens and all so it can vent. I’m over loaded with veggies, I have 4 kids and 11 grandkids I share my goodies with, I give them as gifts at Christmas and Thanksgiving. I really need more stuff.
I’ve never canned but would love to try it!
I can, my Mother canned, her mother and so on. I would love to have this to use mine was damaged in TS Debbi!
Years ago i attempted to can with my mother in law.As a city girl who married into a country farm raised set of in laws…….I watched more then i did….amazing books out there now with how to and when to and what to …can. I’d love to can what’s in my gaden
No but Id llike too
I grew up canning, can’t wait to start doing my own!
I love canning. It is so nice to be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor throughout the entire year. I would love to can more. especially with the economy the way it is.
I have never canned anything but want to learn how.
I havent canned before, but my husband and I have been wanting to really bad!
I have canned before – tomatoes, salsa, pickles, etc..Over the last few years I had quit – I went back to school..but would love to start canning again..
I have not canned anything…yet! My husband and I have inherited an old pressure canner from his grandparents and ever since I have been so excited to get into it, I hope to be an avid canner one day!
i have not seen this stuff since my mom use too cann our foof
wow – we are just looking into this and I saw the post on Copy-Kids
awesome timing – thanks
Lee
I have been looking into it a great deal for some time now
Yes, I have canned before!! jelly
I have been canning and I love it.
no
Canning is a way of life!
I’ve never canned before but have been looking into it for a little while.
I canned about 25 years ago but want to start up again!
Always have. Since I was little and would help my Grandmother can for the winter. My favorite was Rabbit. It was so good when we would finally get to eat it.
i have alway canned pickled corn and sour kraut but have been trying some more this year like tomato juice and canned veggie beef soup
no but i would love to learn
Yes. I use to can with my grandmother.
No, but i cant wait to get started!
I do canning every year and have for the last 26 years with my husband. Before that, I helped my mother and grandmother with canning every year for as long as I can remember. I could use some new supplies!
No, I never have. I’m definitely interested.
No I haven’t. The “Start up” costs are big prohibitive but I’m planning to next year! This would be a HUGE help!!
No i haven’t but i’d really like to try.
I haven’t canned before, but we garden, and I’ve been wanting to learn for a long time. I even have a canning cookbook! I just need the right canning supplies! Hopefully I’ll win!
I would love to learn to can, but the cost has kept me from starting. I would love to win this!
I’ve made home made jelly before but never actaully did the entire canning process so that would be NO
I canned years ago, but have been freezing fruits and veggies instead lately. Would like to start canning again.
I have never canned before but have been thinking about it for a couple months . I desperately want to learn!
I canned a lot last year using my families pressure cookers. However I’ve now moved and would love to have my own equipment to continue putting up good stuff from the garden.
yes! I love to can and would like to do more to store in case of a natural disaster. Looking forward to this series!
Have never canned but really want to learn!
I have never canned before, but wouldn’t mind learning to.
I tried canning by reading a book and well they didnt work out so well. I wasted alot of my first ever garden crop. I was able to use the salsa I made from my tomatoes because when they didnt seal right I opened the jars back up and froze it in baggies. my pickles we just kept in the fridge and ate them for a couple of weeks. but the rest didnt make it past a week in the fridge. I haven t done another garden since. I planted some apple trees and a peach tree hoping to get some fruit from them in a year or two. would love to learn the right way to can.
I love canning. I don’t have the proper tools though so it’s time consuming and I can’t can certain things. Would love this set. Good luck to everyone!
My daughter-in-law has expressed an interest in learning to can and I love the idea of passing on this type of info to her. This set couldbe a wonderful starter set for her!
My sister cans and loves to do so, and i want to try! Fresh canned salsa is the best!
I have canned with my mom when I was younger…but never on my own…but I want to learn how to SOOOOO BADDDD!!!!!!
i haven’t but this year i got a dehydrator and the bug for eating my own food I grew is there!
I love to can I learned from my grandma nothing taste better then making it on your own
Yes! I grew up canning every summer/fall and I’m starting to do it more myself now, too. Still lacking some supplies, though, this prize would be helpful!
I might’ve helped grandma can stuff when I was little
I have not, but my Mom did and my daughter does.
Beets, pickles, chow,rabbits, moose…I love to can and would really enjoy having this set. I plan to can tomatoes next year from my garden and make my own salsa. Great prize!
Yes! I can every summer! I really need this kit!
well, i “canned” cakes in a jar if that counts… Sent them to my hubby in Afg;)
I’ve never canned before but I have family that does.
I have canned multiple times-tomatoes, peppers, beets, beans, applesauce, apple butter-but you can never have enough canning supplies!
I grow my own vegtables and can them,I love it!
I have canned salsa and make pickled okra.
I helped my grandma a few times when I was younger, but I never did it myself. I have wanted to for a long time.
No, I haven’t but I want too.
i used too I haven’t for a long time
No, I have never canned, but I want to learn how. Thanks!!
i’ve never canned before… and i don’t really know anyone that does… i would really love to learn, though, as i remember my great-grandmother storing her jars in her cellar… and my grandma used to cook em up on holidays when the entire family was in… would be a nice tradition to start with my own family
I do can all the year long, I have apples here waiting to be turned into apple butter as we speak. I would love to win this because I need to update my canning pot and supplies mine where kinda a hand me down and used well before they got to me.
I made pickles one summer about 25 years ago. Never tried canning anything else or ever again, but would like to learn and give it a try again. With the right equipment it should be a much better experience. Hint, hint…I need to win this to give it a proper try, again!
I have canned Apple Butter, but want to try to start canning other things
no but now if I win i can get started=win this and the bppk Cannimg for Dummies —–I’ll be all set to go!
I canned for the first time this summer!! I made bread and butter pickles but I had to borrow a canner so this would be wonderful
I have never canned before but I’m so excited to start!
i use ti help my grandmother can but that was very long time ago but i would like to learn again to save money and be prepared in case something happens
yup! and it was fun!
I have not canned before but I have been interested for so long!
once
I canned years ago. I need to get back into it! I miss my own fresh fruit and veggies.
i have made jelly years ago.
Learning how to can would be a blessing to my family. Whether I win this or not. I will learn as much about canning as possible.
I can every year!!
never have but I would love to try
no but i have been asking my aunt to teach me
a few decades ago i help my grandma can. but i haven’t canned since then
I did it all the time when my kids were little. The organic gardening and all. I need and want to begin again.
Never canned before but can’t wait to try!
I usually can every year. This past year it was pears.
I haven’t yet. But since I am considering increasing the size of my garden, canning will become a necessity!
I’ve only ever been a canning helper. I’d like to run the show.
Yes I do and have helped since I can remember. But I don’t have the gear to save some time. I would love to be the lucky winner of this b/c I need a way to hot water bath my jars and pack them more easily. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
I have tried it once but not lately…which reminds me, I would LOVE some Peach jam!!MMMmmmmmm
I help my mother can the vegetables out of our garden every year. This set would help us out a lot! &make a great Christmas gift for my mom!
I have never canned, but my daughter has. When she recently moved, she had to sell a lot of her bellongings and her canner was one of them. I don’t know if she has replaced it yet. If not this prize woud go to her for Christmas. If she has, I will keep it and learn how to can. After all, they now say you CAN teach an old dog new tricks.
Its been a long time since I have canned but I would love this to get me started again
Yes, I canned for many years. This would probably be a Christmas gift for my sister who cans diligently every summer for her family to save money. She gives me some of her canned goods so this would be a way to give back for her kindness.