Canning/Bottling Supplies (Australian stockists)

[LimeSlice]

Getting my canning groove on, and just wondering if anyone has found any good prices for Mason jars before I buy these ones I have found...

I am getting a kit to begin with, $116 from Redback Trading online, and their prices for more jars seems pretty good. Had a look at Oz Farmer too and another one I can't remember the name of.

Anyway, they have the 500ml jars for $30/doz, has anyone found them cheaper anywhere?

Cheers!

[Rouge]

I loooooove redback trading! So jealous! (Yeah I know... Not helpful lol)

[Trillian]

you could try ebay? have you also looked at the Fowlers vacola jars? I use them and they are pretty good. You can also just use old pasta sauce jars too - they do just as good a job as the fowlers/mason jars. I use them more than the flowers jars.

[Rouge]

I'm even more jealous. Trill will you have me for a canning session. Ho hum.

[Trillian]

I haven't done any in ages! Just haven't had the abundance of fruit and vege like we've had in the past. But looking at the way the apricot tree has fruited we are going to have loads of apricots this year. And broad beans - going to have tonnes of broad beans too.

[Rouge]

How would you can the beans?

[Trillian]

I'll freeze them so I can use them like store-bought frozen vege. they are just blanched and then frozen. So not canning as such, but just preserving.

[Rouge]

Ooooo nice. I really want raised beds and chooks. And more fruit trees. And everything. Bah.

[Trillian]

yeah we did a whole new vege patch this year with raised beds and watering system.

[Astrid]

Check out op shops for bottles. Also volunteering around old ladies is a good way to score unused bottles as well Have you thought about joining your local CWA?

Just a tip with bottling, get a friend or 3 around, plus small children to harvest. Best way to get a lot of bottling done in one session.

Rouge - I will be calling on you at harvest time

[mel_cur]

Getting my canning groove on, and just wondering if anyone has found any good prices for Mason jars before I buy these ones I have found...

I am getting a kit to begin with, $116 from Redback Trading online, and their prices for more jars seems pretty good. Had a look at Oz Farmer too and another one I can't remember the name of.

Anyway, they have the 500ml jars for $30/doz, has anyone found them cheaper anywhere?

Cheers!

What kind of kit did you decide on? I have been looking into it as well

[LimeSlice]

What kind of kit did you decide on? I have been looking into it as well

Redback Trading Preserving Kit
The Kit includes:

20 litre Boiling Water Canner (Pot) with Jar Rack
Ball 4 Piece Preserving Utensil kit (jar funnel, jar lifter, lid lifter and bubble remover & headspace tool)
A copy of the Ball Blue Book of Home Preserving
one dozen Ball 500ml wide mouth preserving jars
two boxes of a dozen replacement wide mouth lids ober

10% off at a Redback Trading at the minute, so bonus! Will be around $150 for the kit and a doz litre jars as well, plus post.

[Dansta]

not sure where you are limey but clearing sales at farms often have fowlers stuff - just need replacement seals ect.
old codger next door does alot of bottleing and uses them (i reccon he's talked my ear off for over 4hrs all about about it) not sure on new prices though.

[Rouge]

Rouge - I will be calling on you at harvest time

Sounds good