Thursday, January 8, 2009
Get Back To Your Roots
Since we went shopping in Richmond at all of the farms at the end of August last year I've been storing root veggies in my pantry. After four months, of what's left, 2 squash are still looking great, the organic garlic bulbs are still firm and I've gone through everything else we got. It's brilliant! I'm quite happy that I've beat the need to keep squash in the fridge. I'm sure it helps that the pantry is located near a wall with little insulation. I'm going to maintain this project through the Summer keeping potatoes, garlic, ginger, summer squash, beets, zucchini, etc in there and see how it goes with the sun beating down on that side of the house.
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5 comments:
i love that sunny, delicious basket! what a nice thing you've done.
The neatest thing is that the bright orange squash was dark green when we bought it so it slowly ripened while it's been in storage :)
I'm doing a project on "skills" we've lost in the last century. For example: keeping a root cellar, darning socks, knitting our own dishcloths, hanging clothes out to dry, growing our own food, etc... With the way the economy is going we have to start relying on ourselves and our community more than just turning to consumerism and wastefulness.
If you don't like veggies you can go suck an egg :P
Good for you Lisa. That's a great idea. You should add generating your own electricity and making paper to the list. Seriously. Get off the grid. Michael and I are planning on moving into his rental property in a year and making it completely green. We're talking about recycling the grey water, turning the back yard into various gardens- fruit, root, herb, salad, flower, get solar panels, rental suite or B&B in the bsmt, etc..
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