Bring your old jam and honey jars back for 50 cents off!

Starting tomorrow, I’ll be offering fifty cents off per jar or bottle returned to me. The jars have to be ones I can use, which means NO CHIPS, CRACKS, OR DAMAGE.

I’m specifically looking for jam and honey jars that are:

• Ball or Anchor Hocking brand canning jars with regular mouth openings in quarter-pint, half-pint, pint, and quart sizes.
• Glass honey jars shaped like a bee skep in one pound and half-pound sizes. (Those are the shapes and sizes I sold at Hereford Farm Market and Hereford Fall Fest in 2019. If you bought honey from me, those are the jars I’m looking for.)

I’ll also accept any generic glass canning jar that has a regular mouth opening. (If my lids fit your jar, I can use it. Maybe not for canning, but probably for something else.)

Why am I doing this?

Mostly because… reduce, reuse, recycle. I’m not sure what happens to the glass you give to Baltimore County, but if you give me a jam jar or honey bottle back that isn’t chipped, cracked, or damaged, you KNOW I will use it again. Glass is easy to sterilize and reuse.

What about the lids?

I can’t reuse them. I might be able to use the lid rings again if they are in good shape, but for now, I’m just offering a buy back for the glass jars.

Am I going to give you money for the jars if you don’t buy something new from me?

No. Sorry. I make so little on each sale, I can’t afford to fund that kind of program. For now, I’m just offering fifty cents off per jar returned to me from that day’s purchases. This is a pilot program for me. It’s something I’ve wanted to try for a while now. I’ve been selling jam at the Hereford Farm Market for two months now, so it seems like a good time to experiment with this buy back. I’m excited! Now, bring me those empty jars!!! 🙂

This Sunday is the 4th of July!!!

Which means our table is offering some fun things to celebrate. I’ll have a sampler pack of red, white & blue jams and jelly — a trio of 4 oz jars of red raspberry jam, white apple jelly, and blueberry jam.

Besides toast and PB&J, what can you use these jams & jelly for?

Red raspberry jam can be used to make thumbprint cookies.

White apple jelly is great with grilled sourdough & brie sandwiches or whole wheat crackers & whipped cream cheese.

Blueberry jam is terrific when mixed into plain yogurt or spread on French toast.

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Mandi (Rosie Posie Design Co) also has American flag mug rugs, a.k.a. coffee coasters. If you’re headed to a neighbor’s picnic or backyard BBQ this weekend, they make great hostess gifts!!

See you at the Hereford Farm Market! Look for us at the “Hats & Honey” table next to The Contented Rooster.