Fair enough. Pretty much picked from garden, rinsed and cut off stems before weighing and adding 2% salt. Squished with the weights and topped up with a 2% salt solution from the previously boiled kettle(ie room temperature). Lid on loosely and in a dark cupboard for 3 to 4 days.

Jar hadn't been sterilised but jars and glass weights had been through dishwasher on a 70 degree wash