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jenndoesnotcare: hominis-eternal:paleo-witch: xphilosoraptorx: blacktwittercomedy: Black Social Comedy Plant a few each week, so you can harvest enough for the week, instead of all at once. Ya'know what? They wanna be serious about this? I’ll drop some knowledge. Do this world a favor. Shit people should have considered this a LONG time ago but you know what they say The best time to do something you didn’t do yesterday, is today. A few things: Learn how to process all the food you’re growing. It does nobody any good if you get bushels of tomatoes and they all go bad because there was no time to organize getting your canning jars and lids and recipes set up. And you will need supplies for this. A lot of places will have cheap jars but I do recommend looking for the heavy Ball jars - American made and good strong jars that can last decades. If you can’t afford them, scour thrift stores or ask friends to give them as gifts. If you really can’t afford them, save jam jars and buy replacement lids. (Please do not reuse lids. That way botulism and sadness lies.) You will also probably need a deep freeze of some kind. I know my tiny freezer can barely cope with a normal size tub of ice cream, so the idea of blanching and freezing veg from your garden is out of reach for us. (Boo.)I also think it bears mentioning that we do throw out a lot of edible food. I think the Cornersmith cookbooks are so valuable here—yes I will turn all those carrot ends and naff bits of various veg into pickles and sauerkraut, thank you! (I have the salads and pickles book and I love it.) This mitigation of food waste can be more achievable than growing your own food, especially for people who are time poor or have limited space or the wrong climate to grow. Finally, if there’s a crop swap in your area, sign up! It’s a good place to get veg and fruit you’re not growing yourself. I have a friend who does these regularly and she always gets neat stuff and has neat stuff of her own to swap (hi @tielan!) and it just makes so much sense. Happy growing, stay safe, and may your chickens always be healthy and lay beautiful eggs and may your compost heaps gently simmer with warmth and joy. -- source link
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