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  1. 10 Easy Ways to Preserve Your Garden #Harvest (#Freezing, #Pickling, and More)

    Written By: Catherine Boeckmann, last updated August 7, 2026

    "What do you do with the bounty from your garden? Freeze it, pickle it, dry it, store it! If you’re new to preserving food, here are 10 quick and easy ideas—from freezing mint in ice cubes to making a small-batch pesto recipe using just a handful of basil leaves!"

    Includes recipes for:
    #RefrigeratorPickles #QuickPickles #Recipes #FoodPreservation #Pesto #FreezingHerbs #DryingHerbs #FreezeBerries #ZucchiniBread #OvenDryTomatoes #RefrigeratorJam #FreezingCorn #HerbalVinegars

    Excerpt: "Store Long-Lasting Crops

    Little or no special equipment is required to put these goods away until you want them:

    #Apples: Apples keep well for about 6 months at temperatures above freezing but below 45°F. If you don’t have a root cellar, a double cardboard box in a cool basement can approximate the conditions.

    #Carrots: After harvesting, remove the green tops and brush off any excess dirt. Put the carrots into a cardboard box and pack dry sand around them. Store the box in a cool basement.

    #Onions and #Garlic: Hang mature, dry-skin onion bulbs in a mesh bag in a cool, dry, airy location. Braided onions and garlic can also be hung.

    #RootVegetables: If covered with a thick layer of mulch (hay, dried leaves, straw), carrots, garlic, horseradish, leeks, parsley, parsnips, radishes, and turnips can be left in the ground well into the winter and harvested into the spring."

    Learn more:
    almanac.com/10-quick-and-easy-

    #SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #PreservingTheHarvest #FoodPreservation

  2. It's pouring rain outside. Forecast calls for more rains tomorrow. My rain barrels & buckets will be filled well. Sunshine returns on Wednesday.
    I'll thinning out this large pot, full of mixed carrots & some self seeded tomatoes, on Wednesday morning before going to work. I wasn't expecting that many carrot seeds to germinate. I used a bag of 3 year old seeds to sow this pot.
    I grow all my root vegetables in big pots for easier harvesting. All my yams & potatoes are growing out of large felted bags. I have beetroot & turnips growing together out of a large Rubbermaid bin.

    #seedlings #carrots #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #RootVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #ContainerGardening

  3. This now happens every October.

    DAY1: cook the first #roastPork joint of the autumn. Serve with braised red cabbage and a ton of roast #rootVegetables.

    DAY2: binge all the leftovers at one sitting

    DAY3: roast withdrawal crisis. So roast carrots and swede in #airfryer. Yum...

    DAY4: see DAY3

    DAY5: see DAY3

    DAY6: airfyer demands overtime pay rates

  4. 10 year old Franny does not appreciate the singular vision of #ElonMusk

    'Why are we doing this? "so we don't have to move to Mars" (Thanks Franny, age 10)."

    #space #environment #food #potatoes #RootVegetables #vegetables #RootVegetablesOfMastodon #Mars #Musk

  5. Finnish autumn shopping. Bucket of turnips, beets or cabbage.

    Hint; The bucket seals the deal!

    #nordic #autumn #rootvegetables #finland #buckets

  6. I got some Asian food goodies from my friend's rural backyard. She grows all of these on her 1.5 acres property that backs onto a forested park.

    Japanese chestnuts - these were boil cooked.
    Taro & Ube (purple yam - these were steam cooked.

    I also picked up some taro cake - Swiss roll style - with coconut cream filling.

    #AsianMastodon #AsianFood #EthnicEats #CulturalFood #Snacks #FoodCulture #nuts #chestnuts #food #cake #AsianComfortFood #yams #taro #ube #RootVegetables #tubers #Treats #POCfoods #HealthyFoods

  7. Hmmmm... Maybe keep allowing workers who can work remotely to continue to work remotely, eh? Saves on energy/fuel required to commute, and look what can be done with empty office space!

    Empty Office Buildings Are Being Turned Into Vertical Farms

    With office usage hovering near 50 percent of pre-pandemic levels, cities are putting the underutilized space to new use growing food

    Ciara O'Brien, Modern Farmer
    July 11, 2023

    "In an old paper company and warehouse building, machines are whirring again. But instead of reams of paper pressed and cut, this warehouse is home to Area 2 Farms, which now pumps out #greens, #herbs and #RootVegetables. There’s even a weekly #CSA serving customers year round, all in an effort to bring locally grown food to the Washington, D.C. area. Really local. 'When was the last time you picked up a strawberry and could confidently say you knew the farmer’s name?' asks Jackie Potter.

    "Potter, along with Tyler Baras, helped co-found the farm in Arlington, #Virginia, where office vacancy rates reached 23.7 percent in the first quarter of 2023."

    smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #RemoteWork #NoCommute #IndoorUrbanFarms