Posted on November 20, 2018
by John Jeavons
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As harvest season draws to a close, it’s time to preserve the bounty. And what better way to do it than with the time-honored method of fermentation? With the earliest known examples of fermented foods appearing in the Fertile Crescent over 8,000 years ago,… Continue Reading “A Little “Culture””
Category: books, farming/gardening, food security, GROW THE EARTH, interesting practices, My favorite things, nutrition, practical guides, Preserving food, sustainabilityTags: Fermentation, health, it's alive kombucha, keeping the harvest, kombucha, Mary Karlin, Mastering Fermentation
Posted on August 27, 2018
by John Jeavons
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John Keats famously called Autumn the “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” and I couldn’t agree with him more. Just when the summer seems like it will last forever, the turn of the seasons begins to make itself known in a subtle change of… Continue Reading “Keeping the Harvest”
Category: about crops, books, farming/gardening, food security, fruits, GROW THE EARTH, harvesting, My favorite things, practical guides, Preserving food, vegetablesTags: d'agen plums, food storage, french plums, gretchen mead, Harvest, keeping the harvest, nancy chioffi, story books, Trees of Antiquity
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