Introduction to Storage Vegetables
The
gardener lives for fresh produce straight out of the garden, but the
homesteader wants more. She wants to be eating her own vegetables
straight through the winter and into the spring. But how?
Last year, I got
obsessed with freezing,
and we did eat our own vegetables all winter long. With some
judicious use of cold
frames,
we even had fresh lettuce and greens for most of the winter to keep us
healthy. But by late winter, I was still craving more fresh
produce.
The solution to the
fresh-produce-in-winter problem is growing more vegetables that can be
kept fresh straight through the winter. Why freeze those carrots
and cabbage (like I did last year) when you could crunch into them
fresh and crisp in February? This week's lunchtime series
explores storage vegetables --- what to plant, how to harvest, and how
to keep them fresh through the winter. I drew my information from
personal experience and from Root
Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables by Mike and Nancy
Bubel. I highly recommend the latter if you want more information.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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