[Homestead] Dehydrated veggies and fruit

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Sun Jun 15 09:49:11 EDT 2008


Sounds to me like yet another urging for a summer kitchen or at least  
a back porch.


On Jun 15, 2008, at 8:28 AM, Clansgian at wmconnect.com wrote:

>
>
>>> Do you find the noise level low, moderate, loud, or not noticeable
>> because you've used it so long?
>
> Moderate.  But ours is a very quiet house otherwise.  No TV blaring,  
> no
> central heat, no traffic noise, etc.  So that thing running is  
> noticeable and no
> mistake.  I suppose in the thick of the season, which will be in a  
> couple of
> weeks, one gets used to it as it is going night and day.
>
> Another factor is that even with the cover on, it can put a lot of  
> heat into
> the room (which in our case is the whole house).  Not really welcome  
> in July
> and August.
>
> Still, noise and heat, it's worth it.  And electricity too, still  
> cheaper
> than canning with electricity (which we don't do) or freezing by a  
> wide margin.
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