Oh I LOVE my dehydrater! I don't have alot of freezer space at the moment, and it's easier than canning (though canning is thereputic). I can't believe I never thought of it to dehydrate my herbs!michickenwrangler said:
I was doing the old fashion method of tying them up to dry in a cool dark space.
I pick it young and there has been no bitter taste at all. I bought fresh corn since we don't have the room to grow it... and I bought 3 bushels of apples. Lots of pies, tarts, and apple sauces going into the freezer too. We picked blue berries and strawberries for the freezer this yr.... already ate all the strawberries.. lol Have to buy more next yr Oh and I made 5 batches of zuke muffins to freeze Trying a winter crop of turnip greens, beets, a second crop of broccoli... just want the greens not worried if the roots don't have time to make. Needless to say I have been very busy between all the chickens, goats , dogs, family, and the garden. Now deer season has started.. can't wait for some venison sausage Yummy!.. oh and it mushroom season here in NH.... We forage for hen of the wood, chantrels, morels, chick of wood, trumpet mushrooms... have located at least 15 clusters of hen of the woods just starting to grow.. it is going to be a good yr Love eating them in fettachini<sp? spaghetti sauce etc.
All those jams sound so good. Planted strawberries last year, but they just flowered. But got a few this year. But not enough to can. Grape vine is flourishing this year and grapes are coming in real sweet. Though you don't have a garden, sorry it's so wet, sounds like you made up in that department with your fruit. Fresh made bread and jam.PattySh said:
Plus the plans you made canning last year still there to enjoy. I call that success. Congratulations.
This is our first yr trying a second crop of broccoli, turnips, and beets.. I don't know... but we shall see how it goes. lol
Very nice indeed. And isn't it nice to use things just laying around being useless and taking up space to create something that actually works? Hoping you have further success.JustKiddin said:My garden is setup in raised beds filled with compost.. No dirt at all. This was our 3rd garden season doing it this way.. never had to worry about too much water
This is what our garden looked like early in the spring of 2011. We added 2 new boxes on the far left made from rough cut lumber. All of the other boxes will be replaced this fall with the rough cut. We started out with 3 boxes made from pressed wood because it was just laying out in the shed and this was our first garden.. didn't want to waste money. Each yr we have added to the garden taking with us the knowledge learned from the previous yr. It has been a big success
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Thank youMs. Research said:Very nice indeed. And isn't it nice to use things just laying around being useless and taking up space to create something that actually works? Hoping you have further success.JustKiddin said:My garden is setup in raised beds filled with compost.. No dirt at all. This was our 3rd garden season doing it this way.. never had to worry about too much water
This is what our garden looked like early in the spring of 2011. We added 2 new boxes on the far left made from rough cut lumber. All of the other boxes will be replaced this fall with the rough cut. We started out with 3 boxes made from pressed wood because it was just laying out in the shed and this was our first garden.. didn't want to waste money. Each yr we have added to the garden taking with us the knowledge learned from the previous yr. It has been a big success
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You bet.. the rough cut isn't cheap but it will far out last the plywood we used. I put down litter from the chicken coop this yr around the boxes to keep the grass and weeds out. It worked great but just as my husband predicted... the press wood rotted out faster... but that's ok.We now now know that we can grow a garden.. lol.
