I am really excited about this. I just learned from Jill at The Prairie Homestead that Azure Standard sells jars – gallon jars and canning jars. They also sell canning lids and rings and at very reasonable prices with no shipping, I might add.
You can buy wide-mouth canning 432 lids (w/out the ring) for about $.24 each. They have regular mouth lids as well for $.16 each.
I know if you live in the east in Mennonite country, you are able to get rings for a reasonable amount. The last ones someone picked up for me cost about $.10 each but since I live in Arizona, that option is not too readily available, no?
Wide mouth quart jars are selling for about $1 each and regular mouth quart jars $.83.
Gallon size jars are $3.17 each.
Now my garden is not so prolific that I’m needing to can anything right now but in the future right? (keeping fingers crossed)
I have 4 tomato plants and so far I’ve harvested about 7lbs and there’s more coming. I have no idea if that’s very much or not but I am quite excited about it. 
I think I would like to know what others think is a reasonable amount for 4 plants but don’t burst my bubble to much, pretty please?
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I need to remember that! I hate keeping our raw milk in the plastic jugs…I’ve been wanting some glass gallon jugs, but thought they would cost much more. Thanks!
I really like glass jars, too. They don’t take on flavors like plastic does.
sigh… I LOVED canning! Now that I know how (that it’s not as complicated as I thought) I can’t WAIT to grow my garden again…. no ducks allowed! However, I WILL have to wait since it’s already fall. Well, hopefully I can find some apples at least to pick soon.
I’m excited about you having a garden, too! I hope to use transplants that I’ve grown in my garden next Spring but I’ve got to get a light system in place if I’m going to do that.