I just have to say, Jessica, you are by far the best teacher online. You are thorough, organized, and your thought processes are concise. You also follow through on links in your video descriptions when so many channels forget.

When you were hanging the onions in the cellar, I got so excited for you! I know you've been looking forward to that cellar for a long time. I loved the overhead shot of you packing the onions and garlic!

Have you're husband look into mini split heat pumps (air conditioner). They cost much less than central air and can be installed yourself. They're more efficient than window units too!

Another way you can preserve your cherry tomatoes is to roast them in the oven, put in a jar and cover with olive oil and keep in the fridge. I also add garlic cloves for extra flavor and they will store for a year and retain all of their flavor. Great for adding to pizza and other recipes.

I like your idea of packaging portion amounts so your children can pick and choose which meal they want to eat.

Ik you don't wanna be redundant with canning repeat items but remember you have new people come to your channel daily. I watch Acre homestead ( where I found your channel) and I love watching her do every canning even when she's done many times before. It's very interesting.

I’d love to see the space where your food items used to be before you moved them downstairs. 23:25

If you put a heavy duty fan in your basement pointing up the stairs to the main floor of the house, the cool air from the basement will help cool the rest of the house. I hope I explained that right lol. That is how I cool my house on the few warm days we have here in Michigan.

I'm regretting all the cherry pits I tossed. I won't make that mistake again! Beautiful cherry jam and jelly. I love seeing hanging onions and garlic it must be so satisfying to go down to the cellar and see all of your hardwork manifested into nourishment for your family. Thank you for another great video.

I bet you love the extra space in your kitchen. Your cellar looks great. I always enjoy your content because its different but very relatable. I have a small kitchen and modest home/garden. Nothing fancy, but seeing what you are able to accomplish inspires me.

Get you all 2 or 3 window air cond. Units! Lots cheaper than putting big unit under house up thru floor into house.! I dont do lot cooking in hottest part of summer! That kitchen is unbearable! I know how you feel. Sandwiches, salads, fruits is best eaten when so hot. Just suggestion. I have 2 window units in my house, helps tremendously!❤

You are so motivating and inspiring to others. I love hearing all the nice things that the other you tubers are saying about you. It warms my heart as I feel like they are talking about my friend. Thank you for everything.

Hi Jessica. I think you need to do another challenge for over the winter, maybe January or February. Clean out the fridge/freezer challenge. Great time to get together and make some soups or prep meals. Love your challenges.

BTW, I use my straightener to seal also. 👍. Those machines , I e had two that didn’t last a year. Pasta and such, I use mason jars and a brake bleeder to get the air totally out.

You always make canning look so simple. I feel like such a bumbling idiot sometimes when I’m canning. 🤣 Love your videos 😊

Wow! You're still going hard at preserving! Love to watch how nothing goes to waste in your home.❤

Hey Jessica, you’re like the energized bunny 🥰. I’m waiting on doing my beans, it has rained HARD at least twice a week the entire month ( so much so that it takes DAYS for the lawn to dry up enough to cut ) Yesterday’s rain my tomatoes fell over, so out I went to put them back up 😯 the ground is so wet they didn’t want to stay either. My Roma tomatoes are clustered and hanging like big grapes 😄 SUCH a beautiful growing season. I was up at 4am - woke by my husky, deer out in my back garden. 😡 Getting so angry at them now. Bean tops, turnip, and peas all 2nd plantings, are missing all their blossoms. Thankfully though- as long as there’s enough foliage they will continue and produce. It was so wet yesterday I didn’t cover them back over as they looked squished when I tried - to the deer it was all you can eat buffet. Love your channel AND the Hollars ♥️ Just so natural & doesn’t feel like a classroom 😂 Love your set up in the basement. 👍

How nice to have the extra cellar space. I’m hoping for a good onion harvest so I have plenty to store. I need to reorganize my canning shelves but the harvest is coming in so fast I need to prioritize the food first. Great info on using the pits.

My friend’s mom always hung her onions in pantyhose and knee high stockings in her basement… Your onions made me remember that… 💕

I enjoy canning and preserving. I really love your videos. You have a sweet family.

I’m in northeast Ohio as well. Where is your local Amish community? I’m in Delphos, OH & the closest Amish we know of is in Berne, Indiana. I moved here only a few months ago so still new to finding local places for produce. I’ve followed you for quite a long time. You are so thorough with your explanations & teaching people! I always look forward to your videos every week!

Yes over here in England jam is just jam it just says seedless or no fruit pieces on the labels. Jelly is your jell-o, of which I’ve just made up some orange with some mandarin pieces in and it’s so delicious especially when made up with fresh orange juice!

Love your videos. my mother would only use sugar to make jams and store it outside without water bathing it she would just put some oil on top.

Not sure if anyone else commented, but if you wait for those sugar rush peach peppers to ripen to a pinky peach, they are super delicious and sweet, and the color is glorious! Thanks for all the ideas!

You need to order yourself a Victorio Steam Canner. So much easier than heating up a gigantic water bath canner. I finally got one last month and have been using it almost every day for the past week.

We are far south of Ohio, but this too has been an amazing pepper growing year. I’m on to making pepper jelly as soon as the sun comes up.

We LOVE freeze dried cherry tomatoes! Its like eating candy!

I love how you use everything, even the pits. You are awesome, thank you for all the information you share! ❤

I live in south central Kentucky. I really do not have a green thumb, but I am fascinated by all of the canning and gardening things. I am trying a few new things, but am taking it very slow. Thanks for all of the great inspiration! 😊

Thank you for sharing. Blessings

🫠 I just melt watching all that food being canned up!!! Thank you for sharing and God's blessing over you and your beautiful family 🙏❤️

How fun to see that you work barefoot!! (I'm a country girl and go barefoot as long as I can each year.) Happy for you too that your cellar is coming along so nicely.

I love Almond in my cherries too.

I love those plastic bags we, use them to store potatoes and pepers as well. You can use some plastic tube to gude the product in the bags.

Always learn so much watching your video.

Jessica you are amazing 👏. 👏. Thank you for keeping me motivated this late in the gardening season. I am now starting to remove hoses, and soaker hoses in preparation for frosts that are only weeks away, while still canning, and freeze drying and dehydrating all that I have. I love the busyness of the season, but the heat could go away.😊

Good morning 🙏😊. And thank you for another great video! This has been a great year for peppers and tomatoes! And you have given me some more ideas for what to do with them! PS. Your kitchen looks lovely ! I bet you are loving your new pantry! Blessings to you and your family. 🙏

I’m excited to try and make peach salsa. Thanks for the inspiration. 🙏

I live in Australia & appreciate your explanation of the difference between jelly & jam. Jelly in Australia is very different & it didnt make sense as how you would spread our version of jelly on toast/sandwich.

You showed where your wall had your canning jars in the kitchen. WOW, you now have more space. Just wondering what you will utilize that space for? I have a crawl space I can't use and a small house. So I go vertical for storage. My peppers did great this year too. Cucumbers didn't do good. Have a blessed day.

I knew I saved those stretchy bags for a reason other than mushroom foraging. I like your thinkin' !

Jessica you are so inspiring so many ideas you give me even though there are only two of us, kids are all married on their own I still love to can. I’m looking into a freeze dryer and I wonder if you could do a video in the wintertime on how to use freeze dried food. Thanks

Good Sunday morning Jessica and beautiful family! All the way from Augusta Georgia! Much love and God bless!

Yes I love watching Meg too

I have been watching you for sometime now and you are an amazing woman, I admire you so very much. You are not only a wife but a wonderful mother who has such love for her children.. I have 5 children and I truly understand what it takes to complete a day of cooking., cleaning, washing and at the same time cooking for such a large family. God Bless You!

Most of our harvest is just at it's peak (Western Washington). I spent yesterday harvesting corn, leeks, and zucchini. Great idea with the cherry pits. I tend to eo that with peach pits. Seeing you use pectin and sugar made me want to suggest a recipe. It isn't mine. Google "Choose Your Own Stone Fruit Jam". There's also a berry one. No pectin. Sugar, lemon (+ peel), and fruit. The ration of fruit to sugar is similar to 1lb fruit/1 cup sugar. I've used the stone fruit one for cherry, plum, apricot,pluot, and peach. All good. 😊

Thanks for sharing! Blessings ❤

Hello Miss Jessica. Such a wonderful, inspiring, encouraging video. My big takeaway from this video was how much you adore your family. You are a wonderful momma. Have a glorious day. -K

Such a good idea to use cherry tomatoes!

Good morning friend! Not able to do it everyday, but every chance I get I do! You are so encouraging, and are a wonderful teacher! Always look forward to starting my week with you! Thank you! You’re a blessing! Have. A great day, week!❤

My peppers are doing fantastic, as well, here in Waldo, OH😊

You are really a one of a kind woman Jessica, amazing to watch your knowledge to preserve fruits and veggies and left over meat

I canned some Burbank Russet potatoes and made them into fries. They were fantastic. But one quart is only enough for three people. I drained them on some paper towels, let them dry out for a few hours and then fried them up. Better than most fries I have had; way better than frozen. I made some that were flavored too...salt and vinegar etc. Good stuff.

Sending support, love, and kindness from Lexington, Michigan, USA

I think an interesting video for this winter is using these freeze dried items. We see you use your frozen and canned goods a lot but I don't know if I've ever seen you open a Mylar bag and use that food.

Love, love, love your videos! i have canned, dehydrated, or have frozen something everyday in August. You are a great motivator! Today is 27th and I have 5 more days. Take care

Yesterday, I woke up excited to watch your video. Then I realized it was Saturday! 😅 Another great video! Looking forward to seeing what you do with all those pears! 💚

Thank you. Have a blessed week.❤

Love your channel!

Exciting to see the addition of the onions and garlic hanging. I love that idea of the mesh bags, I currently have been keeping in boxes and the possibility of missing one going bad is high. Always enjoy your videos, stay cool.

Your sauce reminded me of Sarah's picante sauce over at Living Traditions. I could not imagine canning in that kind of heat. I watch Meg, Ben, and the family. I admire you and Meg immensely. You both get so much done for your families. Your cherry jam and jelly are beautiful. I am convinced that I need to purchase a freeze dryer. I am having shoulder issues and canning is a bit harder than it used to be. I also like the idea of freeze drying leftovers. Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring me to keep on putting as much as I can in my pantry. God bless you and your beautiful family!

Thank you! I am processing peaches today and had a bowl of the peels waiting till rain stops so I can take out to the chickens. Then I started watching this video and I was like, "head smack" peach peel jelly!! You’re my Meg. Lol.

Heard about you from Living Traditions Homestead. LOVING YOUR VIDEOS! subscribed

Jessica you are an example of perseverance to all of us. Love seeing your beautiful accomplishments. Well done!!

Busy lady. I love that you don't waste anything, I've learned alot from you . ❤

Dear Jessica, I am watching your videos in Sweden and I get so much inspiration out of them. I have a babyboy just one month younger than Hanna and two girls, 2 and 4 years old. I am really looking forward the pear recipes as we are into pear season as well. God bless you and your family! Barbara

Another great interesting and informative video 😊 Enjoyed it 😁😁😁👏👏👏👏🙂 Love from the UK x

I’m so excited! My For Jars lids arrived today!

So appreciate all the “how tos”.

Cook the peach seed with the whole batch . And sift it out before canning . That's insurance to never get cancer

Thank you for another great video. I love seeing how you care for your family.

in australia, jelly is like your jello, and all fruit spread is called jam

Thank you very interesting and it nice see that you can put different thing in hot sauce,have a great day . x

Thx, Jessica!

Love the peach -tomato sauce recipe! Another easy & delicious recipe for grape tomatoes - saute garlic, grape tomatoes and spinach in olive oil until just tender. Add white wine or chicken stock. Pour over gf pasta and top with grilled, marinated chicken and fresh basil.

Great ideas 👍🏻🙏🙏😁 Linda from Ct

Anyone else have squirrels that steal their green tomatoes? We've seen it ourselves - they tried to bury them, but ate them instead! I'm new to gardening, and had to secure a net over all my tomatoes.

Thank you Jessica.

Jessica.. Pinball Prepper has a wonderful recipe you might be interested in watching his video "Who Says It Can't Be Done" where he takes zucchini, squash, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes and makes a great winter soup out of them using up all his extra produce. I thought of you when I watched the video, he's probably not on your radar of you tubers but this one is all about using up what you have from the garden. Anna In Ohio

I will be sure to run some soapy water in my food processor after processing garlic. Great idea! Thank you, Jessica.

I love peaches, I'm going to use your recipes, absolutely love your channel and your children how beautiful to see children enjoying out door life🤗🥰 hm prepare cook meal and all the hm made stuff around the hm. Thank you Jessica.

It is so precious to see to see Adam in these videos. Jessica you are so industrious!

I made tomato jam with cherry tomatoes. It’s amazing.

Excellent job all around!

It is great seeing the cellar come together. What a wonderful space. ❤ If you are looking for ideas for all the tiny tomatoes, fermented bruchetta is incredible. I have a vid on how to make it on our channel that can help if you haven't done it before. Might be handy for the family members who dont prefer them fresh.

Blistered cherry tomatoes with garlic (and maybe even onion or sausage or clams/mussels) is delicious on toasted bread. And they make great "sundried tomatoes" when you dehydrate them. Great for pasta.

Your no waste method inspired me. I made apple sauce and then put the cores into vinegar. Currently letting that sit to infuse nicely

I love cherries, and I always use a metal straw to pit them as well. I’ve never made cherry jam but oh goodness it looks amazing I’ll have to make some.

Another great video! Would you consider showing how you rehydrate your freeze dried bananas to make banana bread in the fall? I’m curious to know what amount of water you use. I’ve been experimenting with it but haven’t a recipe I’m happy with yet. Thank you and God bless.

I just cant imagine. 110 in ohio. Thats what it is here in southeast texas. No rain in 4 months. I really admire what you do. Pray for rain. Be safe out there.

Wow! You've been busy!!! I used to live in south central Ohio. Moved to Puerto Rico 3 years ago because those cold winter's and not being able to grow anything. I just bought my house here. And planted tomatoes and peppers yesterday. Started corn last week. I love the peach sauce idea!! Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

My family enjoys both jam and jelly but prefers the jams because they spread smoother and quicker. You have a very good harvest. Very nice!💖💖

Thank you, I'm very much blessed by watching you! Have a good week, and be blessed, you too❤

Jessica you are truly a Woman of Substance🙏blessings always

You and Meg are magicians in the kitchen:)))

Hi Jessica! Love your channel! I am interested in your tomato jam recipe. I found an older video that gave amounts for the spices but I could not find the actual amount of how much tomato you used. I would also be using probably sure-jell. If anyone has a good recipe please send my way! I have a lot of cherry tomatoes that I need to use. Thanks so much!

Jessica you are amazing!

I will definitely have to remember to try the cherry jelly recipe next year. What a great idea! Thanks 😊

I have some cherries I forgot about!!! You know what I'll be doing ! Hubby saw an elder erry tree that was laden with fruit overhanging an alley. He went and asked if it was OK to pick it (technically you don't have to but I always feel better getting g permission) and they said "go for it" so brought 3 bags of elderberries home after church!

My peppers are doing great this year as well! Kitchen repairs have sidelined preserving projects this week, but we did pick up our quarter of beef yesterday. Love your videos as always ❤