Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 03:07 PM 1/26/2008, you wrote:

> Also sane advice on canning. Storing in a cool place or in the ground under
> mulch is also a lot less work, and cutting out unnecessary work is serious
> business when we're trying to do so much.

And there is also the fact that a lot of nutrients are lost during 
canning, especially if you are using a pressure canner at high 
temperatures. Canning has its place, but I do more drying than 
anything else. In spite of the warnings that dried foods have to be 
refrigerated, I've never had a problem with anything that was kept 
sealed away from humidity.

Liz in SW VA
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