Monday, May 21, 2018

Selling Old Corn Cultivator

We buy a lot of things from a lot of people and at a lot of autions. In one of our hunts for an item, we found an old International Harvester corn cultivator. It's maybe over 100 years old. Still functions.

Part of me wants to keep and display it somewhere, another part of me wants to sell it (hopefully to someone who will appreciate it more). I don't personally have a history of farming though my Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents do. Finding old things like this isn't a 'let's make them into something else' idea to me nor is it a 'let's get rich'. I think things like this should be valued and given consideration.

Can you imagine riding on the back of this? I think it's a very well constructed piece of machinery. I hope someone else does too. Maybe they will use it, or display it, or maybe fully restore it. :)






Cannned Rhubarb (with Sugar)

In my Better Homes & Garden Home-made book, I found a recipe for canning rhubarb.  So I decided to try it. (Similar recipe can be found here under How to Can Rhubarb in Syrup: https://melissaknorris.com/podcast-56-preserving-rhubarb-spring-canning/)

It's an easy recipe for every 1Qt Washed & Chopped Rhubarb add 1/2 to 1c Sugar in a glass bowl.
Let sit 4 hours (I let it sit 6.5 hours)
Transfer to a Pot and boil for 30 seconds (I let it boil for 2 minutes, which caused it to be musher)
Can in a boiling-water bath for 15 minutes.

Hopefully this turns out well!  2018 Rhubarb is harvested and we have some frozen but most canned now. :)