{"id":3639,"date":"2013-11-12T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2013-11-12T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:28:33","slug":"q-and-a-canning-jam-and-heater-for-root-cellar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2013\/11\/12\/q-and-a-canning-jam-and-heater-for-root-cellar\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: canning jam and heater for root cellar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canning jam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I made some jam a few days ago and missed one of the jars in the water bath. It cooled off along with the water. I found it the next day and the color was slightly darker than the other jars. Do you think it will be ok to use?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sheryl Napier<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Newport News, Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the jar sealed, the jam should be fine. That&#8217;s an oops that just happens to us canners at times! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heater for root cellar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We have a root cellar that is below ground and attached to the back of the garage\/workshop with a stairway down to the cellar from the workshop. It will be insulated, walls and ceiling, with R-19 batts. We live in a colder climate and we realize that we will need to protect the cellar from freezing temperatures. Most electrical heaters and thermostats I have found seem to have a lower limit of 40 or 45 degrees Fahrenheit, and I would like to set the heater to 35 degrees or one or two degrees lower, Where can I find an electric heater with an internal or external thermostat that will keep the space at just above freezing?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Donald Mowry<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Mondovi, Wisconsin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check out greenhouse supply catalogs such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.growerssupply.com\/farm\/supplies\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Growers Supply<\/a>. You can find thermostats that will adjust that low and should work fine for your use. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canning jam I made some jam a few days ago and missed one of the jars in the water bath. It cooled off along with the water. I found it the next day and the color was slightly darker than the other jars. Do you think it will be ok to use? Sheryl Napier Newport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}