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posted October 01, 2015 11:35 PM            

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Had a mediocre yr Gardening, however the community had several massive community gardens that tbh, few people were harvesting.

This yr's creations:

-pickled carrots with rosemary, peppercorns and anise, pickled in that apple cider vinegar created a couple of years ago.

-pickled green cherry tomatoes, whole small tomatoes

-pear vinegar
-pear wine

-diced green tomatoes pickled with peppercorns

-herbal infused oil

10 gallons of apple wine, 10 gallons of apple cider vinegar. And the crab apple vinegar, made last yr, will take another year to ferment to completion.

All in all in getting the hang of this approach

Hopefully other people are excited and happy about what they are making, and can share some of the creations!!!

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posted October 02, 2015 03:27 PM            

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posted October 03, 2015 02:55 PM            

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Hope they all turn out well.

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posted October 03, 2015 03:21 PM            

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Hey, Padre, you've been busy. I'm experimenting with the dehydrator this year. Adding celery leaves, spinach leaves, now squash and sweet potato leaves. Takes up less space and great for sprinkling in soups and sauces.

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posted October 03, 2015 03:23 PM            

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Wow, two years is a long wait for food items. I guess that's why balsamic vinegar is so expensive... A long time in the barrels.

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posted October 07, 2015 02:45 AM            

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Depends, balsamic is literally "spoiled wine" the other things are more local items

Found it is better to make minestrone, then to freeze in my situation

As for your dehyradtion, makes sense, as long as you use the thing..my quibble is I'm a bit more primitive

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posted October 08, 2015 01:46 PM            

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Balsamic is good stuff!

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posted October 09, 2015 05:12 PM            

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Great for stomach problems.

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posted October 10, 2015 01:18 PM            

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In a pinch, just drink some juice from a pickle jar.

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posted October 11, 2015 10:10 AM            

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For example an upset stomach accompanied by burps. It stops those burps.

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posted October 12, 2015 12:44 PM            

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It's the vinegar, but the pickles cover up the taste.

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