Living life between the peaches and beaches of Georgia!
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Welcome! I am Janet, and I'm glad you are here! Join us for adventures in saving money, caring, cooking, cleaning, canning, homeschooling, and loving the life with which we are blessed as we try to be good stuards with all we have. I make videos for saving money through money saving challenges and videos about cooking, canning, & modern homesteading. We are learning as we go. I hope your time here leaves you inspired to be creative and try something new! Come and put your feet up and enjoy a moment of peace with plenty of laughs in the mix. We may not always know what we're doing, but we are having fun doing it anyway! May you be blessed! ❤️😊
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Aww Janet! My wonderful friend, thank you for the beautiful shoutout! I was more than happy to help with your project 😊
Hey Janet!! I always love watching your videos. Thank you so much for the sweet shoutout!! I hope you have a great weekend!! 20:11
@@Builditbigbudgets , you are very welcome, sweetness! I enjoy your videos just as much. I hope your work week goes well! 🥰💜
Put white vinegar in your water bath canner and it will keep the hard water from fogging up your jars
Yes! That works so well. I do that now. We never had to worry about it in our other home, but the water here is incredibly hard.
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@rebeccasalas3583 thank you! 💜
Hi Janet, The mic is working fine ❤ so many cute savings challenges. Love watermelons too. awesome savings 😊❤
@Frugalityislife , thank you, sweet friend! We had another one from the garden tonight. They have been so good!
@@mymodernhomestead Delicious. Watermelons are so refreshing in the summer 😊❤️
@@Frugalityislife yes! 🥰
The microphone is working great!
@@AishaMBudgets , thank you! 🥰
That's very concerning that the two of you smelled something burning. I would get an electrician or the fire department out there to check your house asap! Something could be happening in the walls! I'm praying for you that it's nothing and I'm over reacting.
@AishaMBudgets , we definitely will if it continues. Thank you so much for your sweet care and concern. 🤗 I never smelled it again today. I had totally forgotten about it until I read your comment just now. 💜
Enjoyed your video 💜
Thank you, Denise! 💜
Haha I do the same thing with saying challenges instead of channels 😂 Great video!
😆🤭 I didn't even realize I did it until I was editing. I got tickled. Thank you for being here today! 🥰💜
Hi Janet! Hope you are having a great Saturday! It’s a beautiful day here in Milledgeville. I’ve been busy baking a cake today!
@nelaniemcafee7886 , hi neighbor! It has been beautiful here today, too! I worked on a new savings box challenge all day until time to cook supper. My brain and hand are tired! Lol! I hope you cake turned out well! 💜
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@@yvonneanstey6706 thank you! 🥰💜
Awesome video. Have a great evening 😊❤
@@budgetingbydeenaus , thank you, Deena! I hope you have a great evening as well! 💜
You sound so much clearer and louder. I'm so happy. 🌸🌷🌺🩷
@@yvonneanstey6706 , I'm glad you are pleased! 🥰💜
Happy Saturday 19:35
@gretchenzalenski7539 , happy Saturday, Gretchen! I hope it has been a beautiful day! 💜
Hi Janet! Love and support sent your way my friend!💕🫶
@WillowTreeBudgets , hey sweet friend! Thank you! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! 🥰💕
In today's video, I spoke of a challenge I would be beginning but did not have cut out yet. After news I discovered after recording this video, I will no longer be doing that challenge or any other challenge related to the event.
Good Saturday afternoon, Janet! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!💛🌻
@@melissamanages8678 , happy Saturday, sweet friend! Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, too! 💜🥰
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Great job today. The mic seems to be working just fine. I am definitely a challenge LOL. Love ya Bestie 💞💜💞💜
@@marylovecountryliving 😆🤪 Too funny! Love you bunches! 💜🥰
@@mymodernhomestead LOL 🤐🤪😜😇
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Have a great weekend Janet🩷😇
Hi Janet! I would like to see you finish the ones you started. I sent you an email.
@@AishaMBudgets Hey! I was just watching Valerie's video. She showed your challenges, and it reminded me I saw your message yesterday. I have been so busy, I totally forgot. Thank you! I will find a spot! 🥰💜🫶
@@mymodernhomestead I know you're super busy, so I figured just another reminder. Thank you so much for making time for me 💜💚🧡❤
Love this video! I hope you have a lovely weekend!
@@CottonCathySaves Thank you, friend! I hope you have a wonderful weekend as well! 💜
Do you discard all seeds , i have smaller medium cucumbers, take them out or leave them? Thank you
@@randyjones7977 , that is honestly a preference. If the seeds don't bother you, leave them in. If I am using cucumbers with small seeds, I don't bother. It's the larger cucumbers with larger seeds that really get to me. I prefer not to have them.
Awesome video 😊❤
@@budgetingbydeenaus , thank you, friend! 🥰💜
Heya, Janet! Happy friday! The weekend has arrived. So cool to finish up your xmas tiny's. Great savings today. I just downloaded your fall tiny's. I'm so excited to use them with my coins <3
@SimplySaraSaves , hi! Thank you for being here! That is so exciting! I hope they bring lots of smiles! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 🥰💜
Hi Janet, congratulations 🎉 on completing the summer mini 🛎️🛎️🛎️ nicely done 🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜
@@martatorres9145 , thank you, friend! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 💜🥰
Good Morning Janet. Happy tiny Thursday. Butter and toast is the best. Christmas tinies all completed woohoo 🥳
@@ShanOnABudget , 😁🥰💜 Thank you!
You are so funny! I love it! ❤
Hi, friend! It's so very good to see you! 💜🥰
The xmas in July tinys are perfect for my actual Xmas here in Australia thank you
@leilamatthews376 , yes! They definitely are! I do Christmas Around the World with my children every year. We always start with Australia on December 1! 🥰 Thank you for being here! 💜
Hey Janet!!! I’m definitely not ready for summer to be over!!! I hope you are having a great week!!
@@Builditbigbudgets , I'm definitely not one who enjoys summer simply because of the heat, but it just doesn't feel right ending summer when July ends. 😁 I hope you enjoy your Friday before you have to go back to work! Blessings, friend! 😊💜
@@mymodernhomestead I hear you on the heat!! It’s been brutal the past couple days here! Supposed to be that way for the next week or so!
Hello! New Subbie here ❤
@@Befreebudgets , hi there! 👋 Welcome! I am so glad you are here! 💜🥰
The faith, hope and love tiny could be finished in fall colors (Think Thanksgiving). I would to see you finish the ones you started.
@carolyndalton7775 , that's a good idea! Thank you for your input. I really appreciate it! 🥰💜
Does it thicken as it cools? Mine was very watery going into the jars.
@HiddenBlessingsHomestead , it doesn't. Usually, when I am filling jars, I spoon in mostly solids and add more liquid toward the end . Even then, I drain the relish as I am adding it to a dish. Sometimes, I only have to press the spoon of relish against the inside of the jar a little. If I have a jar with more liquid in it, I drain off as much liquid as I can from the jar before using the relish. I hope that helps. I should have added that in the video. I guess I am just so used to it that I didn't think about it. I apologize. 😔 I will say that sometimes there is more liquid in the recipe than others. I'm sure it has to do with the liquid content of the cucumbers.
Thanks for your quick responses I really appreciate being able to chat about a recipe I am trying for the first time. Today was the first time I found your channel, and I am looking forward to checking out more of your videos. I am all about learning from each other here on KZread.
@HiddenBlessingsHomestead , you are very welcome! I am glad you are here. It's so much easier working and learning from a team player! I can promise I make plenty of mistakes, but I enjoy the journey. I love those who are genuine and are trying their hardest, too! You are always welcome here. 💜
I was looking for a relish recipe that wasn't a sweet relish more like a dill pickle relish; I found your channel and liked the looks of your recipe. I think you adapted it from the National centre for home food preservation "Dill Pickle Recipe" a lot of the amounts are the same but theirs doesn't have celery salt or celery seed, or turmeric, and I think you swapped out some of the red pepper for onion, as they call for 2 cups red pepper and no onion. I figure the red pepper to onion swap is probably fine as we are talking pickling basically, but not sure how much herb can be added to a recipe? This seems to be working for you, and sounds delicious!
Please don't take my reply as being rude. I promise, that is not my intent. I must admit, though, that I'm a little confused by your comment. It seems my recipe sounds the same, but is, in fact, quite different considering all the differences listed. From your comment, I'm not sure if you are looking for a recipe to use or critique. I have been using this recipe for nearly 15 years now. It is a family favorite, but I am pretty sure I have never seen the National center for home food preservation's recipe for most things. If I did modify this recipe from any recipe, it would most likely be the Ball recipe as this was about all I had when I began canning. I very rarely use a recipe as it is written. I always modify recipes to suit my family's tastes. If you use this recipe, I hope you enjoy it. It is not a sweet relish. I use it in place of store-bought dill relish. You can adjust herbs in a canning recipe as you desire in most cases without changing canning times. As I encourage all followers to do, double check that with NCHFP.
@@mymodernhomestead I hope as well that you didn't think I was being rude or trying to pick apart your recipe. I was looking all over for a no sugar dill pickle style relish. I am not sure how I happened upon both yours and the National centre for home food preservation one, but as I was trying to decide what to try I notice many similarities and so was just letting you know for interest sake as you had said you couldn't remember where you got it and whether it was adapted. So it could totally be a coincidence that they have the same amounts of a lot of things, or like you said it is possible it was from ball or some book like that as they often share recipes with the national centre for home food preservation. It really doesn't matter it was just an observation no harm intended. Hopefully I didn't offend you. I am new to pickles and there are so many people that make up recipes and I just wanted to be safe in my choice. Thank you for sharing that you have been using this recipe for many years so obviously it has been safe for you. I just finished making the relish and can't wait to taste it.
@HiddenBlessingsHomestead , no harm done and no offense taken. The canning and homesteading community can just be a tough one with so many being passively aggressive with seemingly innocent comments. I've have learned to be rather guarded in the comments section of my homesteading videos. I truly didn't know how to take your comment. I am glad you are trying to be careful and safe with your canning. I hope you enjoy the recipe! I tried to use store-bought in a pinch not too long ago, and my family immediately knew I had done something different. They didn't like the difference at all. I appreciate your honest and thoughtful reply. 💜
Hi Janet, Happy Tiny Thursday ❤ July flew by. Who doesn’t like soft butter on hot toast 😂 can’t wait to see your new savings challenge ❤
@Frugalityislife LOL! Right!? Thank you! I am so excited to show you all. I literally spent all day after I recorded this video except for about an hour in front of my computer trying to finish it. I am SOOO close! Lol! Soon! Thank you for being here, my friend! 😁💜🥰
Hi sweet Janet! I’m catching up! I got behind who my grandchildren here for a week. I can hear you well so keep doing what your doing! I love that sparkly money clip! I love those envelopes! Do you have them linked below? That was a great stuffing! You’re making great progress! 💖🤗
Hey my Bestie. Yeah you Finished your Christmas Tinys. That is so Awesome. Great job.
@@marylovecountryliving , thank you, Bestie! I hope you had a wonderful afternoon! Love ya! 🥰💜🤗
Hi Janet! Happy Tiny Thursday! I’m not ready for summer to be over either! I want all of August to be hot lazy summer dayz! 😀I love the fall tinys! Fall is awhile away so finish up the old first! Have a blessed Thursday! 🤗💖🥰
@ladydisaves , yes! That is the way August is here. It is sooo hot, humid, and miserable! Lol! We call it the dog days of summer. In fact, I just made a cover with that exact title! Lol! Thank you for the input! I was just watching your video from today. Guess who fell asleep and woke up again! I was scrolling trying to find it again, and somehow, I ended up in my own comments! 😆🤭 Blessings, sweet friend! Love you! 💜🥰
Hello Janet 😊 🛎🛎🛎 on all the 🎅🏾🎄 tinys🎉🎉 I would finish them!
@@lolethawoods786 , thank you, Loletha! I appreciate your input! As soon as I finish that tracker, I am definitely ringing that bell loud and clear!! Lol! 😁🥰💜
Hi Janet 😊❤
@@mindysbudgeting , hi, Mindy!! 👋 Thank you for being here! 💜🥰
Great inspiring video. Finish started challenges then on 2 fall. 12:38
@@gretchenzalenski7539 , thank you, Gretchen! Is it okay to call you that? Thank you for being here! I appreciate your input! Blessings, friend! 🥰💜
@@mymodernhomestead absolutely call me Gretchen
@@gretchenzalenski7539 🥰 Thank you!
I would finish the ones that you started and then move into fall! Enjoyed the video Janet❤
@@simplylivingsaves , thank you, friend! I appreciate you being here and leaving your input! Have a blessed weekend! 🥰💜
New subbie ❤ hi and love the game! It was very grinchy! Lol
Hello there, Mary Loves Country Living sent me over! Bringing my love and support! 😊❤ Welcome to mine also if you interested in seeing euros being played. 😂 the value is nearly the same.
Love your new dryer!!!! The best dryer in the world!
@@TeenaBoyett , 😁🥰💜 Thank you!
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You made some good progress with those spicy peppers mixed in🌶️🫑
Yes! 🥰 Thanks for being here and watching! 💜