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Idea’s on how to store and preserve your harvest

Freezing your harvest

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Steve
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If you grow your own fruit and vegetables, you will always have a glut. One of the easiest ways to store and keep your glut fresh, is by freezing it. However, not everything is suitable for freezing. Lettuce, radish, kale and cucumber are just a few things that aren’t suitable for the freezer.  Continue reading →

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Oven Drying Fruit

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Steve
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Drying fruit is a simple but effective way of preserving them, allowing you to use them over a period of a few weeks or months. The key in preserving fruit this way is to ensure all moisture has gone. Any moisture left over could allow mould to develop. One simple way of drying fruit is to oven dry them. Continue reading →

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