[DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

Yes, I do have a lot canned & ready to eat BUT I do not have the jars nor the space to can all I have in long-term storage. I am whittling down the amount of dry beans I have in mylar bags with O2 absorbers (stored in 5-gallon buckets). I’m vacuum-sealing them and putting them back in the mylar bags, resealing those & putting back in the buckets. Extra work but I am in hopes that by vacuum sealing them they won’t dry out as bad. Won’t know until I rotate my buckets later down the road. If they do still dry out I will just have to pressure cook them to eat, no big deal for me.
I have a small cabin and I have long since run out of room to store any more pressure canned goods. I even converted my dining room into a big walk-in pantry and had to resort to stacking cases of canned goods in closets, my den, and have walkways to get around those. I really need a big temperature-controlled storage shed with lots of shelving in order to clear the cabin so I can move around and have more space. I went on a MEAT canning frenzy this year by cleaning out 3 chest freezers of meats. I fear the power grid going down and could not possibly can all that meat before it ruined if that were to happen. I live in coastal AL where we don’t have real cold winters but have super hot & humid summers. I have also bought meat when it would be on sale or even some clearance/reduced meats.
I have to do the best I can with the amount of space I have available, otherwise I would be canning everything I could get my hands on. Jars had been a problem to find here, too, but I’ve noticed Walmart has been having some lately and I’ve been buying what my budget would allow.
Thanks for the suggestion, tho. And those beans you canned sure look delicious! Good job!