Rural Gardening: January on the 'stead, 0 by Jayryunen

Jayryunen wrote:
This is a weighted guage pressure canner... I've found it much simpler to use than the other kind, which I used for years but is tricky to keep at the correct pressure. This one, once it's vented long enough I just pop the weight on and adjust the flame so the weight jiggles 3-4 times a minute, a much easier way for me. It doesn't really need the pressure gauge on it, that's just a reassurance, more in case the vent gets plugged than to ensure there's enough pressure. Anyway, here's a picture of the weight in place and the pressure up at 15 psi, which is what I need at 7100'.

It's cloudy and grey here today, a slight chance of snow... not very inspiring for getting out and working in the GH or thinking about planting seeds. I'm more in a settle by the fire and read mood.

There's a talk in town tonight about the geology of the area as regards natural gas. Companies are starting to look at our area for natural gas drilling and no one around here owns the mineral rights under their land... Ted Turner couldn't even stop them when they wanted to drill on his big ranch. =0( He was rich enough to force environmental concessions, though, which us small time folks won't be able to do unless we band together. Already a wind generator company has divided and conquered a local mesa top land owners by offering money on the hush-hush and not doing the public meetings that would have given the whole region the heads up. Some refused and raised a fuss (that's how it all came out), but there's enough folks around here desperate for money that I think it's going to be tough.




This message was edited Jan 14, 2010 9:59 AM