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Anybody can grow vegetables to some degree. Fresh vegetables are wonderful, but in my climate I only have access for about four months. Preservation for the off season months is the other half of gardening.
Growth is usually excessive, since most produce matures at the same time or in a very small window. Most of the postings are of lush growth and what is done with the excess is left to the imagination.
What is my thrust? True gardening is Growing and Preserving.
My home garden produces almost all vegetables preserved for all year around. I also buy from local growers some
produce that I don't grow. Not only that I preserve in such a manner that it is palatable and desirable to ingest.
Slurry/Juice pressure canned, some cold room storage, a bit frozen, a bit of dehydrating, a bit of fermenting. What I preserve can almost be lived on. And it is not particlarly hard labout or tedious.
Growth is usually excessive, since most produce matures at the same time or in a very small window. Most of the postings are of lush growth and what is done with the excess is left to the imagination.
What is my thrust? True gardening is Growing and Preserving.
My home garden produces almost all vegetables preserved for all year around. I also buy from local growers some
produce that I don't grow. Not only that I preserve in such a manner that it is palatable and desirable to ingest.
Slurry/Juice pressure canned, some cold room storage, a bit frozen, a bit of dehydrating, a bit of fermenting. What I preserve can almost be lived on. And it is not particlarly hard labout or tedious.