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RE: Canning vs Freezing vs Dehydrating,,, some pros and cons of each
Wonderful post @alicemarie I am one of those gals that learned at a young age to be prepared. My grandmother had a root cellar under her house that was wall after wall of canned goods, bushels of potatoes and root veggies. I was always amazed at how much food she had from the farm. Till this day 50 years later I still grow everything organically and put it all up for the winter. lol I freeze, can and dehydrate. That is a major part of my life when the harvesting begins. Already busy dehydrating my herbs and making jams. Awesome! Following for more great articles.
@suncape Good to meet another fellow prepper! I am fairly new to canning, dehydrating, etc. so I would love to see posts about these things and other prepping-related things as well. I am working on building up my gardening skills (this sandy soil is tough to grow most anything in so I am container gardening until I can amend my soil). Any gardening tips and tricks will be greatly appreciated! @alicemarie-great article! I upvoted and resteemed. ;)
You are just starting out and I have been doing it for 50+ years. Wow, amending your soil is the most important. I prefer raised beds at my age, easier for me than bending so low to plant. I use bales of peat moss, ground up leaves, vermiculite, and composted manure if you can get it. I like actually to put in on in the fall before winter. Give it extra time to decompost before I plant. I save kitchen scraps, fiber egg cartons torn into small pieces, powdered egg shells, and anything else I can shred and save over the winter to add to the soil. It takes time, but so worth the effort. Happy gardening to you.
Thanks for the advice! I intend to do raised beds, but want to try to use as much compost and amended soil as I can to save some money. I just started composting and am using chicken manure, grass clippings, and fruit and veggie scraps. I will definitely have to implement the other tips you gave. Thanks so much for the advice and encouragement!
You are very welcome, every scrap of natural material is great, I even ordered red wiggler worms through the mail to help my composting pile. Now that's determination.... lol
Awesome!! Thanks so much @sunscape!! Glad to have you following!! I never knew my grandmother because she died before I was born but my step grandpa still lived in the house and was still eating from her canned goods 20 years later!! Her basement and root cellar area was simply amazing!
That is amazing! People are afraid to eat anything after 2 years, I have never had an issue with older canned goods. Life is great, have a great day.
Thanks!! You have a great day too!!