Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-09 Thread Kim & Garth Travis
Thanks again, I do use the older techniques when I can, but, if I lived in those days, I would have died very young. I don't tolerate sugar and honey and lots of other things, including too much salt. I have learned to corn beef, which is actually salt beef with spicing. I do make jerky, bu

Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-09 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Kim >Thank you, Keith, for all the suggestions, but what I was trying to get >at, is how to evaluate the different methods by the energy used. Might be worth a closer look. I think the misc-survival folks tend to take that aspect seriously, and it was one reason I mentioned Sally Fallon

Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-09 Thread Donald Allwright
--- Jamie Ballou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may seem like a silly question to some, but how did you measure > the > energy output of your fridge for 24 hours? > > Jamie E. Ballou > Endocrinology Lab Assistant > San Diego Zoo > Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species > You can buy pl

Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-08 Thread Jamie Ballou
This may seem like a silly question to some, but how did you measure the energy output of your fridge for 24 hours? Jamie E. Ballou Endocrinology Lab Assistant San Diego Zoo Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 7/7/04 4:01 PM >>> Yahoo

Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-08 Thread Kim & Garth Travis
I agree, within limits, but root crops do not store in our ground, they rot. Yes, the ideal solution is to eat off what is currently in the garden, but that does not allow for disasters. We have 2 kinds of weather here, either wet or dry. Damp does not exist. Rain comes in 5 inch incremen

Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-08 Thread Donald Allwright
--- Kim & Garth Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, Keith, for all the suggestions, but what I was trying to > get > at, is how to evaluate the different methods by the energy used. For > > example canning needs energy to cook, energy to create the glass jars > and > new lids every

Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-07 Thread Kim & Garth Travis
Thank you, Keith, for all the suggestions, but what I was trying to get at, is how to evaluate the different methods by the energy used. For example canning needs energy to cook, energy to create the glass jars and new lids every year, as well as space to store the food and empty jars when n

RE: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-07 Thread Kim & Garth Travis
gt;www.seabreezefarm.net <http://www.seabreezefarm.net/> > >Vashon Island, WA USA > > > > _ > >From: Kim & Garth Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:40 AM >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest >

RE: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-07 Thread George Page
www.seabreezefarm.net <http://www.seabreezefarm.net/> Vashon Island, WA USA _ From: Kim & Garth Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:40 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest I was thinking yesterday, while I prepare

Re: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-07 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Kim After all the "Bright Blessings" you've bestowed upon us and I'm sure many others it seems a bit unjust that your garden wasn't brightly blessed. Are we then to conclude that casting your bread upon the waters isn't a good way of preserving it? That would be sad. >I was thinking yes

[biofuel] Preserving the harvest

2004-07-07 Thread Kim & Garth Travis
I was thinking yesterday, while I prepare 4 gallons of tomatoes for the freezer, what it the best way to preserve the harvest. For now I am still on the grid and I am mostly alone doing the work so I tend to use electricity. While I only have tomatoes to do this year, the rest of the garden