Confessions of a Jar Obsessed Gardener

Confessions of a Jar Obsessed Gardener

Any of my friends know how excited I get by jars. They are happy to exchange me bags of their empty jars for full jars of various concoctions home made in my experiments. Using less plastic, having less toxins and rubbish, means apart from being super handy reusing your jars is also a great way of boosting your sustainability footprint! Best of the entire price is right- They are FREE!
There is no need to go out and purchase jars, the various sizes are half the fun! Just use vegetable oil to remove labels and Voila, A container for your created items and various ingredients.

Drum roll please……. Here are 22 awesome way of recycling your jars.

1. Storing bulk soup. Stews etc. instead of plastic containers- pour in hot, turn upside down to re-seal then store, They will last 4 times or more longer than when stored in a plastic container or covered bowl.
2. Preserving- Preserve your excess garden produce
3. Pickling
4. Fermenting
5. Dried Herbs
6. Seed Storage
7. Kombucha Scoby Storage and starter kits for friend-
8. Keifer Grain Storers and starter kits fir friends-
9. Growing food for free from scraps
10. Sprouting
11. Mixing Beauty Brews- Scrubs, Cleansers, Body Butters….
12. Chia Pudding
13. Salad/Food Jars
14. Desert Jars (Yoghurt, Puddings etc.)
15. Storing homemade dips, cheeses and whole food foods.
16. Storing pantry items and whole foods (seeds, flours, rice etc.)
17. Infusing, Mixing and storing your home made cleaning, cooking and beauty brews.
18. Salad Dressings, just add ingredients, mix, and store!
19. Storing homemade paints
20. Storing small home items craft stuff and buttons
21. Mixing Organic Pest control solutions
22. Storing Organic Pest control solutions

I hope you found this list useful, I’m sure there are 100s more out there! How do you reuse your jars at home?

How do you reuse your jars at home?

I’d love to hear from you, please email me at carla@gaiasorganicgardens.com.au with your story.

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