Loyal and I have been learning how much food we need to grow and preserve. We eat some meals together, some apart, and some shared with friends. I offered to freeze corn and he bought some from our friends Josh and Rama at Turnip Rock Farm. Then I got out Ken’s food preservation bible – duct taped together It has times for blanching, times for canning – so much helpful information. I last froze corn …
Greetings from the Garden! This CSA box has salad mix, cabbage, potatoes, winter tomatoes, onions, garlic, winter squash, carrots, and beets Field Notes. Ken’s winter routine is to ski out to the greenhouses and check for deer and rodent damage. Soon he will be checking the inside temperatures in for planting! Ken continues planting in winter – he is planting greens for salad mix. People ask why we don’t do shoots and micro greens year …
Ken husked and shelled the dry corn. He has an antique sheller he has in a box. It is loud, but effective! We have two types – a yellow and a blue – black. Here are the empty cobs. Ken may burn them to an ash for a pottery glaze. Then he screens the corn and places in buckets with lids. This is our dry corn for …
