Every post we tagged with #vorrat. Newest first.
6 postsFifteen kilos of carrots and one salad drawer in the fridge: how to build an earth clamp, what belongs in the sand box, and why the old natural cellar keeps root vegetables plump until March.
Why potatoes and apples never belong in the same room, why the cellar should sit neither below 4 nor above 10 degrees, and how carrots and beetroot stay crisp in damp sand right into spring. With wound healing, the solanine rules, rot diagnosis and the weekly check.
Herbs at 35 to 40 degrees, fruit at 50 to 70, vegetables at 50 to 60: which temperature each crop wants, how an oven and a dehydrator compare, how the bend test and the snap test tell you when a batch is done, and why the sweat test in a screw top jar is what really decides how long your store keeps.
The hour you harvest and drying below 40 degrees decide the flavour. Here is how to turn your garden surplus into a fragrant tea stock that lasts until the next harvest.
Drying, freezing, in oil and salt: how to secure your summer herb surplus for winter, with the right harvest moment and the right method for each herb.
When the berries ripen all at once, preserving is worthwhile. Freezing, boiling down and drying compared, with the right way for each berry.
