Tag: food dehydration

• Powdered goodness

  

  An easy way to use those little extra bits from your harvest.

  ligayagardener

  April 20, 2020

  Gardening, Kitchen

  food, food dehydration, harvest, nutrition, vegetables

• Keeping herbs fresh

  Herbs are best fresh, but that’s not always possible. Drying is most folk’s preferred option, having a long history of success in keeping the qualities of the herbs. Moisture and oxygen contribute the deterioration of dried herbs, so excluding or minimising both is vital to good storage. One simple way I’ve worked out to keep…

  ligayagardener

  September 27, 2018

  Gardening

  food dehydration, herbal medicine, Herbs, preserving, storage, Sustainability

• Hanging it out to dry.

  Some extra citrus drying on a 34 degree day. I will try to dry as much stuff as I can over summer, using solar and wind power iinstead of the food dehydrator. I’ll keep that for winter when it can do double duty and heat the house a little. I got the drying rack from…

  ligayagardener

  October 15, 2015

  Gardening

  citrus, drying citrus, food dehydration, food drying, food preservation, Solar, suburban resilience, Sustainability, wind