Pimp That Jar Contest by Down Home Magazine

You plan on doing any canning this year? Why not enter our contest?


DHM is hoping to inspire you to get out your glue gun, dig up some embellishments, and turn that trusty

old mason jar into something a little more flashy.


Here’s the Details:

* Embellish, package or otherwise ‘dress up’ your favorite jar of canned veggies, fruits jams or jellies with anything you like as long as it doesn’t damage the contents or break the seal.

{here are some samples from other contests}

* Send us a JPG of your creation to downhomemagazine@nc.rr.com with subject line: Pimp That Jar. (Jar must be available for us to photographed if you win)

*All entries must be received by 10pm EST August 3rd, 2011.

We will post the entries on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/downhomemagazine and leave it to our fans to vote for a winner! Winner will be announced in the Sept/Oct 2011 issue of Down Home Magazine - just in time for the Fair Issue! The winner will be contacted by email and receive a copy of “Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving” and an Eastern NC Goodie Bag.

Entry form available online at www.downhomemag.com

I Play Farmville - in real life

Anyone who knows anything about me at all knows that I lit up when I found this book - The Backyard Homestead -. I found it at one of the many visits to my local Tractor Supply store to gather ideas for my little “homestead”. (though I rarely buy anything from the big box store) I was amazed at how the book broke it all down for me and gave me real harvest amounts that I could relate to. I knew that having your own garden was helpful because i have one myself. I also have a few chickens and fruti trees, It is my goal to grow as much of my own sustainable foods as possible. The book tells you how to do just that. .

On the back of the book, it tells you that on a 1/4 acre, you can harvest:

1400 eggs (seriously? I love that!)

50 lbs of wheat

60 lbs of fruit

2000 lbs of vegetables

280 lbs of pork

75 lbs of nuts



Now you can call me nuts if you want to, but I sure would like to have even a quarter of these foods for free.. And, anyone who can;t see the savings in this terrible economy is nuts if you ask me.