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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Things have been crazy around here like usual! I have started a new project that you will see towards the end of October and I wish I had never started it! It has proven to take more time than Mark and I are willing to give but it has started now so we have to. Do you every start projects like that?
Here are the things that I learned from the #everybitcountschallenge this year. I am so blessed every year by the amount of preserving I can do and how I am still able to do the things I am called by God to do as well.
Thank you so much for being a part of our Open Hand Farm Family! You are such a blessing to us! I love hearing from you and getting to know you better!. I love building community. You are important to me!
Here is the link to the pantry challenge playlist from last year…
#threeriverschallenge Pantry Challenge 2024
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Here is a link to my video introducing my electric canner...
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Here is the video telling the 5 things I learned doing the pantry challenge...
• 5 Things I Learned Dur...
Here is a link to my 2024 #everybitcountschallenge playlist...
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I hope you all have a great week and until next week...blessings!
Penny
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Hi Penny,
A second electric canner will be a game changer! I'm 75 and the second canner has changed my attitude about canning. Less stress! HalleluYAH!
Blessings and hugs ♥
Oh Vickie! I am so happy that you are able to still keep canning! I hope to be canning then too! I am so happy you are blessed with two! Blessings and hugs to you as well! ❤️😁🤗
I am thinking about getting a second electric canner. I am not as young as I used to be and the stovetop canners aren’t as easy for me anymore.
@TracieL1234 @TracieL1234 Right? I love that you pull the insert out to fill and empty water instead of lifting the whole machine! Thanks for watching and for your comment! Blessings on your canning! 😁🤗
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Hi Tracie...If you decide to go for it, you will NOT be disappointed or feel you spent your money unwisely!
@vickiiluvboxers4191 Thanks for the extra encouragement Vicki! 😁 I love it when my viewers encourage each other! That’s what a family is all about! 🤗❤️
Dear, dear Friend, we all appreciate how much time and energy you put into your channel. You are genuine and transparent and simply a joy to spend time with. I look forward to Wednesday and Sunday to see what you have been up to each week. Your production value is very good but that is not why I watch. Be kind to yourself and know you have a virtual friend in me. Blessings
Oh Barb! Thank you so much for your kind words! I am so glad to have you as a new friend. You are a blessing every time you comment! Thank you so so much for being a part of our Channel. Love you, friend! ❤️😁
Good morning & God bless. I'm right there with you about the electric canner. I LOVE mine. I'm praying for a 2nd one. Sounds funny but the budget is very tight. Thankful I have one. I can't tell you how much your videos have meant to me. I had a few days that weren't the best and you helped lift me and get me back on track (God's work there). Thank you for sharing and never giving up.
Oh Kathleen, here I go crying again! Thank you for allowing God to lift you up through me. I so understand about the budget! We have done so many projects with more to go that I have to pick my choices wisely! I will settle for one now but also praying I can get another before next harvest season!
Blessings on your week my sweet friend! ❤️😘😁
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Thank you dear sister in the Lord. That was beautiful!!!
I am overjoyed at hearing from my sisters in the Lord! Thank you for watching, and thank you so much for commenting! You are a blessing to me! ❤️🤗😁
I converted a laundry room closet and a linen closet for canning goods.
That’s awesome! I love it! 😍
What a Blessing you are to not only your Family, but for all themany other People God has sent your way.
Thank you for your kind words Pam! I have been blessed by so many viewers like you! 😁🤗
I’m new to your channel through this challenge and you’re just a sweetheart to watch. I love how you focus on feeding others in your community and church.
I learned that not everyday has to be a big preserving day, I learned to use a dehydrator, I also am learning how to make videos. While I’m not as good as you or other RUclipsrs it’s been a fun journey. Happy fall and I look forward to seeing your pantry challenge videos.
Going to check out your channel now!
Welcome to our Open Hand Family! Thanks also for your kind words! On the days I had a lot going on I definitely threw something in the dehydrator. Almost felt like I was cheating! 🤦♀️ I can’t wait to check out your channel! When I started, my husband was helping with the camera and I had to tell him to turn it off (even though it was going well) and I just cried because I was so scared to do it. I felt God’s leading though, so kept going! 😁 You got this sister! ❤️
@@OpenHandFarm aww you’re so kind. I have my camera attached to a chair or I’m doing it myself and cooking with one hand. I’ll get better.
@LadyCinnamon312 We all start somewhere! 😁🤗
You are such a blessing to us, your family and community. I always learn something new from you. So appreciate your videos and Godly perspective. You have your priorities right. ❤️🙏🏻Val C
Good morning Penny. I completely agree about the electric pressure canner! I don't have to have my eyes glued to the pressure gauge for 75 minutes while canning chicken anymore. Best invention ever! I love your channel!
Hi Susan! Isn’t it amazing!!! Thank you for your kind words and for coming along on this journey with me! You are a blessing! 😁
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Having two electric canners is the best thing a did. I can pressure can in one & water bath in the other a same time.
Oh Charlene! Great plan as well! Thanks for watching and for your input! Blessings! 😁
I agree. I need more aprons. I have 2. One every day and one for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
😁😁😁 Maybe we need to set up an apron exchange! 🤦♀️ Thanks for knowing my pain here! You are the best Helen!
Thanks for sharing! Blessings to you and your!
Thank you for watching and for being a blessing each time you enter a home and meet with a family! ❤️😁
You are a treasure to me - a blessing. Every time I watch I breathe in your beautiful spirit and feel richer. Your service for God is undeniable and the kindness is always present. Each time I watch, I'm blessed and feel happier than before. I wrote this part of the comment BEFORE I watched to the end. I'm adding this so you can see how much you mean to me, also! I had no idea that you were going to say that heartfelt blessing and just had to add - we are on the same wave length for sure by the Holy Spirit. Love you my sweet sister in heart, Mary.
There I go crying again! Overjoyed that the Spirit can be seen in me. He called me to RUclips. I know He did! If for nothing else, to find my kindred sisters! I love you Mary! Thank you for your kind words sister! ❤️😁🤗
I am 61 and my back aches too. So glad I came cross your video! A lot of great ideas❤
I’m glad you came across our channel too. We are so glad to have you! Thank you for your kind words and I hope to hear from you again! Blessings on your week! 😁
Hi Penny, great great job you made. Thank you for all your videos ❤. I smiled about #1....... Many times I thought,I need more aprons too.
Hi Sylvia! Thanks so much for watching! You would think that would be an easy thing to remedy but since I never really go shopping and it takes time to do it’s so hard to make time to do it. I’ll probably get some made this winter. I hope you get some new ones too! The simple things in life can be so exciting! Blessings to you! 😁
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Thanks for watching Kersten! ❤️
I love having 2 electric canners! They are great when i only have a small batch or don't want to babysit a regular canner. I can just set it and forget it and deal with it later.
Oh, I am a little jealous, but know in time I will have another one too! I am so happy for you though! Thanks for watching and commenting! I love getting to know my viewers! 😁🤗
@@OpenHandFarm I just kept watching on Amazon until I saw one that was discounted. The box was damaged, but so what. I have the Carey brand, which is one of the less expensive ones, but identical to the name brand.
@azgardenlover370 Great info! Thanks so much! 😁
I agree about the electric canner! I can get More done because it makes canning so much easier.
Right? I never hesitate to throw something in! Thanks for watching! It was good to hear from you! 😁
Going to check out an electric canner. You've convinced me I have to have one. 😂
Hi Annette! I don’t think you will regret it! 😁 Here is the one I have…12 Qt Electric Pressure Canner www.amazon.com/dp/B089P2W2N6?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
And when getting the link I see it is ON SALE! 😜 I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Blessings on your canning!
This was good advice!!
Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for watching Carrie! Thanks for your kind words! I appreciate you! 😁
I fairly new to pressure canning, but have been making jams jellies and pickles a long time. We do what we can I shop the sales for meat and canned 23 pints of ugly chicken and 4 quart sized jars. Carrots, beans I grew. Jam making is next, unfortunately I had no pickling cucumbers 😊this year unlike the abundance last year same with tomatoes just wasn't a good year but still have a shelf full from last year😊 always thankfully for what I have. Love your vlogs x😊
It sounds like you have been busy Ann! I just love how everyone refers to the chicken as “ugly chicken” 🤣 I mean, it’s not a lie! But man is it so good! I’m sorry that your cucumbers and tomatoes didn’t fair as well as they did last year. My tomatoes are very sad from lack of rain for the last three months. I have tried watering them, but they don’t want city water, they want God water! He did water them yesterday and we got a little over an inch. I hope that they are going to perk up and be happy.
What a blessing that you still have tomatoes on the shelf from last year! It’s almost like our garden knows it’s going to be less the following year, so it gives us an abundance to work with when it can! 😊
Thanks so much for watching and for your comments. I love getting to know my viewers. I hope to hear from you again soon! Blessings friend. 🤗
My electric canner is my favorite kitchen tool…..worth every penny…
Oh I agree Marcy! Thanks for watching! ❤️😁
I think you may have convinced me to pursue an electric canner. I don't want to take up the space but it sure would be nice to can up leftovers or the small batches of things from the garden
Well, if you do, I honestly don’t think you will regret it. It is great for that type of thing. You have to can at least two jars when it is going. That shouldn’t be a problem though and canning two jars in it is much simpler than canning in a stove top canner! Blessings on your decision! 😁🤗
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Thanks for watching Melody! ❤️🤗
@@OpenHandFarm always. You bring such light to my world. ❤️
Awww, you are so sweet! 🤗❤️
I have really enjoyed watching your videos. I am glad to hear that your husband really appreciates your hard work canning up meals. That is quite a bit of savings you accomplished, especially with the price of foods in the stores these days. I do not get to put up as much food as I would like, but I hear that voice in my head every time I do put something up, that every little bit counts. Whether it comes from the store or I grow it myself. I totally understand the problems standing on your feet in a kitchen can cause. I have to keep a stool in my kitchen, for days when my back is not being cooperative. I am really looking forward to the pantry challenge coming up. I always look forward to both of the challenges and try to watch when I can.
Hi Teresa! I am blessed that Mark does care that I am putting food on the shelves. And I understand you may not be doing as much as you want. I have only been able to do this the last few years and each year try to increase what I accomplish. It is a growing skill for me for sure! I knew there would be some of you out there who understood that standing in the kitchen and kind of half bent over motion attacking the back. That’s why I wanted to give some good tips. I’m glad you have learned to use a stool! Thank you so much for coming along and I hope to hear from you on a regular basis. I love getting to know my viewers. Blessings my new friend!
All I can say is that you are an amazing woman. Thank you so much for your videos. I look forward to them so much!
Thank you for your kind words and support Mary! You are all such blessings to me! 🤗😁
Girl! You are AMAZING! Your heart for people is so HUGE! Your skills & abilities are unending and you ooze love to everyone- even the *ugly ones. May you be abundantly blessed in all of your endeavors! Much love to you, my dear friend!
I am only as amazing as God allows me to be! He has given me the gift of loving others. Even the ugly! We are all ugly at some point in time! Yet, He still loves us! I am so thankful for that!
I am thankful for amazing viewers like you! Thank you so much for watching and for your encouraging comment. You have blessed me so much! I hope to hear from you again! Blessings sister! ❤️😘🤗
Hi Penny! Im a new subscriber. I just want to tell you that your #10 was sent to me directly by God. I have been lamenting several long visits that I received this summer from friends and family that kept me from getting as much preserving done as I wanted. No more! What was I thinking!?! People are so much more important than vegetables. From now on, I will say "Thank you Lord for allowing me to host these beautiful folks. If I can't preserve, then I just can't preserve!".
I really, really needed to hear this message. Blessings to you and your family! ❤
There I go crying again! I love it with the Holy Spirit reaches through that screen! It sounds like you are a blessing to many! Like I experienced last year, God can make whatever food you preserve go a lot further than what you would think! Thank you so much for sharing with me sister! You have blessed me so much! Blessings to your family and friends as God uses you in their lives! ❤️🤗
What a great video! It just makes good sense to take note and reflect on your efforts so as to inprove your work conditions! Still new to your channel but learning more from you each video! Thank you! And I need more aprons as well LOL! So makimg a winter sewing to-do list as well! Blessings on your family and your homestead my new sweet sister in the Lord! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕👵
Carolyn, I am so glad you found us. I have been so blessed by you! My only problem is…when I get to know you all better I want to spend real time with you. So when you comment I am so excited! A winter sewing list would be great! I learn so much from all of you as well! Thank you for blessing me! Have a great week sister! 🤗😁
HI PENNY AND COMMUNITY 😊❤
Hi Marilyn! Have a blessed week friend! 😁
Hi Penny! This is a great list of what you learned! I just found the every bit counts challenge this year and I loved watching everyone’s videos! I hope to participate next year! You are such a wonderful person and that really comes across in your videos! ❤
Hi Julie! I watched some of the videos in September 2021 and was so sad that I had missed August. I got ready and did it in 22 as well as 23. And of course this year. I have learned so much since my first one. I hope you enjoy doing it and learn as much as I have! Thank you for your kind words. Blessings!
I’ve never quite understood the purpose of eating for X number of weeks/months not spending money and eating up one’s larder. Seems to me a lifestyle of being frugal overall…along with storing/preserving/etc….is far more “practical.” Thoughts??? Thank you. First time visitor to your channel.
Hi Robin! Welcome to our channel! I think the reason Jessica has that challenge is because winters can be really hard in our area. Sometimes going to the store when the weather is going to be bad there’s hardly anything on the shelves. I think it’s also the thought of, if we are filling our shelves with food that we harvest in the summer and we don’t use it then we end up with lots of extra on our shelves that doesn’t get eaten after preserving the next year‘s harvest. Or, maybe she just wants to challenge us to not spend money. 😁
I will say, though, most of the people doing this challenge are continually preserving throughout the year. Even through the pantry challenge. I will be canning things if I get them at a good price or given some items that we can’t use quickly. So I don’t think it’s a matter of eating up what is there, I think she wants us to have a lifestyle of continually preserving and eating and being self-sufficient. We cannot be totally self-sufficient where we are, but it is nice to know that I can go two months without having to go to the store very much. It made me have more confidence in storing food for family.
I hope this has helped answer your question. If not, feel free to ask Jessica at three Rivers homestead. I’m sure she would be happy to help. Or, you could look up her pantry challenge videos. She explains the challenge every year so maybe that would be more helpful. 😁 it was so good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again.!
@@OpenHandFarm ah…well the weather seems like a very reasonable reason…as does the not using what you’ve preserved. I see now. Probably not practical for me so I never could wrap my head around the concept. You’re a good explainer!! ❤️ I subscribed!
Thanks Robin! I am happy to have you. If you have any more questions for other videos, please feel free to ask! 😁