~ Preparing for the Harvest ~
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I've been searching the net looking for recipes and preservation instructions for when the gardens start producing. Seems like a good way to while away this time where it's just too cold to go out and even contemplate much else.
What we're attempting here is a life style change - and having the gardens is only one small step in it. Knowing how to eat from the garden all year long is another step. I want to have a variety of meals to plan the use of our harvest both in season, and after preservation.
I once read in the Tightwad Gazette about a basic menu plan for stored items. What she did was make a list of everything she had stored like Spaghetti Sauce 30 jars - then she divided up how many weeks until the next harvest/canning season and estimated how many meals using the sauce per week she could prepare both without running out, and making sure she used her current supply up.
I think this will be particularly useful in planning the next years garden as well. Letting us know what we may be able to cut back on planting, as well as what we may need to try to plant more of. It will also, no doubt, encourage us to plant more of a variety of items even if it's just to be sure we don't have to eat squash 4 times a week ;-)
What we're attempting here is a life style change - and having the gardens is only one small step in it. Knowing how to eat from the garden all year long is another step. I want to have a variety of meals to plan the use of our harvest both in season, and after preservation.
I once read in the Tightwad Gazette about a basic menu plan for stored items. What she did was make a list of everything she had stored like Spaghetti Sauce 30 jars - then she divided up how many weeks until the next harvest/canning season and estimated how many meals using the sauce per week she could prepare both without running out, and making sure she used her current supply up.
I think this will be particularly useful in planning the next years garden as well. Letting us know what we may be able to cut back on planting, as well as what we may need to try to plant more of. It will also, no doubt, encourage us to plant more of a variety of items even if it's just to be sure we don't have to eat squash 4 times a week ;-)
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