Picked up another 300 mason jars, even if they think I'm a moon shiner now!

Found mason jars for sale at a farm supply trading post by the homestead. Since I, like everyone else am very short of canning jars; I picked up what I could afford from my mad money!

I had room for 300, with a box on my passenger's lap:
they ran out of boxes, so I bought some milk cartons. I figured those would come in handy later anyway!

Some went into shelving deep storage:

I intended to buy these slowly, from the local stores; but a year and a half ago, they disappeared from the shelves. This is me trying to catch up with the planned volume. My target is 3500 jars, since these will no longer be available after the SHTF. Disposable lids have been stocked in, in quantity; along with tattler reusable lids.

With me moving into fermenting and vacuum sealing, the disposables become reusables too; and that helps! The disposable lids will be used on excess production intended for barter, while the tattlers will be for homestead use only. If I can commit 500 jars for barter, the remainder should carry is through well!

The Aquaponics system it intended to provide fresh food year around, supplemented by canning and fermenting. The local Keystone lake, will be a source for fish protein. We plan to pressure can excess catch for later use. Since it is half a million surface acres, it shouldn't run out, LOL 🤕😆😁😆

I hope to get another 300 jars from them, before they are sold out. Of course, I will keep on looking at the local stores, sometimes they have a few there. I am going to start buying jars with the regular sized mouths, which I've been avoiding; to get enough to be safe, before they destroy the dollar! 💸💸💸

Be blessed, and keep on prepping.... 💗🤠👍🌎