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Leslie -
 
Lisa just mentioned several ways...were you on the list already (just a  
while back) when there was a discussion on dehydrators? It got quite  
interesting, 
including how to make them yourself, and using old abandoned  automobiles and 
such.
 
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/14/2008 2:44:50 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
lisakvperry AT gmail.com writes:

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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