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Canning & Food Preservation

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Canning and preserving food. Includes dehydrating, freeze-drying, etc.

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Canning haul from this year (midwest.social)
submitted 11 months ago by Milksteaks@midwest.social to c/canning@midwest.social
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Pictured is stewed tomato, salsa, spaghet sauce, tomato juice, marinara, ketchup, pickles, cranberries, gooseberry jam and ancient peaches from years gone. All sourced from a pretty modest sized garden. Not shown is sauerkraut and frozen corn

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[–] tty5@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Be very very careful - it's a slippery slope. My wife wanted "a small garden and maybe do some canning". Fast forward 3 years:

  • I've turned 2000m² (1/2 acre) of a meadow into a garden
  • I've learned how to build basic wooden structures and I've built a greenhouse
  • we've harvested over 2000 kg (4400lbs) of vegetables this year
  • I've purchased jars by pallet load this year. Twice. All are full.
  • I've had to buy and assemble a lot of metal shelving to store it all
  • I now own a small (27hp) tractor

And there I thought going into software development would keep my life largely free of manual labor..

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think you're a farmer now.

[–] tty5@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Greenhouse could be easily classified as a software project:

  • it took 4 times longer than planned
  • it's over budget
  • plans changed as it was being built
  • it's more than was actually required
  • I was convinced it would be both cheaper and better if I built it
  • I had no experience building things remotely like this before deciding to build it
[–] Milksteaks@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago

That actually sounds pretty great! Unfortunately I dont have any land I rent a 15x15' plot at a community garden, it's a real small scale operation. The most I could do would to rent an extra plot, in which case I'd probably plant tubers for once.

You know with that much harvested you could probably sell the extras at a farmers market or something. Also I cant imagine going through that much canned food in a year

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

You sure you're not living in Stardew valley?