Hello Duncan, a very good list. Missed topics?... Winter Veggies as I find they can do better than summer ones when summer is harsh; & Overplanting on Green Manure as I think I have read somewhere, years ago, that red clover is good for this. It is something I'd like to try but not sure if it is for grains or veggies.
I also ferment green beans, cooked dried beans, snow peas, capsicum, carrot, cauli, etc but these do need refrigeration when at the desired sourness. I keep the spare fridge at 10-12deg - more like cellar temperatures than refrigeration. This seems to work well for the fresh fruit and veg also.
Duncan. I stumbled across a note about freezing excess ripe avocado. It works. I have sliced avo into smallish cubes. Freeze them on a flat sheet of baking paper, to make usage easier. Then place the cubes in a storage container. The reconstitution is good as the cubes defrost without any oxidation affect.
With preserving excess you have drying, pickling and ? water bath preserving (passata). How about cool storing, laying down in boxes covered in sand or the like and blanching to freeze? Peas freeze really well went blanched within a few hours of picking. You could mention pressure canning but that is an expensive set up and doesn’t seem that common in Australia. Just my 2 cents worth.
Hello Duncan, a very good list. Missed topics?... Winter Veggies as I find they can do better than summer ones when summer is harsh; & Overplanting on Green Manure as I think I have read somewhere, years ago, that red clover is good for this. It is something I'd like to try but not sure if it is for grains or veggies.
I also ferment green beans, cooked dried beans, snow peas, capsicum, carrot, cauli, etc but these do need refrigeration when at the desired sourness. I keep the spare fridge at 10-12deg - more like cellar temperatures than refrigeration. This seems to work well for the fresh fruit and veg also.
Duncan. I stumbled across a note about freezing excess ripe avocado. It works. I have sliced avo into smallish cubes. Freeze them on a flat sheet of baking paper, to make usage easier. Then place the cubes in a storage container. The reconstitution is good as the cubes defrost without any oxidation affect.
All looks great Duncan, particularly the soil prep, composting etc as well as the greenhouses and fresh food storage sections
With preserving excess you have drying, pickling and ? water bath preserving (passata). How about cool storing, laying down in boxes covered in sand or the like and blanching to freeze? Peas freeze really well went blanched within a few hours of picking. You could mention pressure canning but that is an expensive set up and doesn’t seem that common in Australia. Just my 2 cents worth.