Make sure the vinegar you used is at least 5%,some of the cheaper house brands and dollar store crap is 4 % or less and are not suitable for pickling.
Pickling and canning is a lost art.
Alcohol is government regulated in Canada,to get a privatized liquor store the licenses start around 1.5 million and you need to buy an existing business.
Service,I constantly see requests for people wanting handyman jobs done on FB.If I wasn’t scared of heights and wanted to return to the workforce I would clean gutters and do moss removal,could easily make 500 bucks a day.