As most people who are familiar with me know I have been raising my eleven year old grandson in the art of survival. He probably knows more about taking care of himself then most children twice his age. He has become very self-sufficient with skills ranging from making his own colloidal silver to proper use of stored food supplies. Yesterday I decided to teach him some of the fundamentals of canning jellies.

A recent visit by my friend and fellow survivalist Wayne on Sunday eventually got to the subject of canning. Wayne expressed an interest in a particular type of pickle recipes for watermelon rind. I knew that I had a recipe for it in my notes and was determined to find it for him.

Make grape jelly from grape juice.

Making jelly from orange juice is easy.

Here’s how you can do it.

In words and pictures.

Perfect for sandwiches.

This is my mother’s recipe for piccalilli which I just love on hot dogs.

A yummy zucchini dish.

I would like to start off my article with some hints on how to grow zucchini and end it with an unusual recipe for Zucchini Marmalade. I hope you enjoy it.