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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Seed shortages
  • Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:47:30 -0800 (PST)

Other than jellies, jams, & preserves; how would you 'can' fruit? I never
really thought about thast, I suppose I just thought you ate what fruit you
could get, in season.......................

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--- On Sun, 12/14/08, Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Seed shortages
> To: cayadopi AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 3:44 PM
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Leslie
> <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> If I don't manage to kill off most of the crops this
> year, I might have to
> > become a vegetarian.. LOL.
> >
> > I do intend to can up a fair amount of the tomatoes.
>
>
> Leslie, you'll find that in your garden you'll have
> successes and failures
> and may not predict ahead of time which will be what. When
> something does
> spectacularly well, take advantage and put it up (can,
> freeze, dehydrate,
> save seeds) as best you can. Since you live in the desert,
> you can probably
> dehydrate food well in the summer. An example of an
> unexpected change from
> year to year is that we had tons of fruit this year, but
> last year we didn't
> have any due to the freeze on the East Coast. You never
> know what next
> year's garden will be like. Just keep plugging along.
> I'm a puppy on the Big
> Dog path of gardening, but even I continue to make
> progress.
>
> Lisa
> sw VA
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