Homestead mailing list

[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

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.......................

------------------------------------------------------------------------


--- 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
> _______________________________________________
> Homestead list and subscription:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead
> Change your homestead list member options:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/homestead/bobford79%40yahoo.com
> View the archives at:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead