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dried a batch of oregano from my garden :)

Hiya! We're down in the Cascades of Klamath County

I found out that tomato leaves are not as toxic as I've been led to believe. In moderation, they actually have a beneficial effect on the cardio system. I've been told that adding a leaf or two to pasta sauce intensifies the tomato flavor. ... potato leaves are a whole different story though....

kinda hard to give hard and fast times- a lot depends on how juicy the tomatoes are (ie beefsteak vs roma) and humidity. It's been a while since I did tomatoes in the dehydrator, but I remember them coming out kind of crunchy.

Haven't tried either of those, but I've found Fat Hen (aka Good King Henry) makes a delicious spinach substitute. Purslane is great in salads and tacos.

Those look so nice! I do see a couple of seedlings volunteer in my asparagus bed crop up each year. Maybe eventually they will fill out the bed. I started with 6 plants, and I think I now have about twice that of producers.

Well, I made a pie first, using a recipe for pumpkin pie, but I had to reduce the sugar by a third because the squash was so sweet. I've also made hash using squash cubes and onion with leftover ham- that was a good one. I've used it in a chowder with sausage. Basically, I use it in any...

I've started growing Tepary Beans (https://www.nativeseeds.org/collections/tepary-beans ) because they are very drought tolerant, and the first beans I've ever found that reliably gave me dried beans in my short growing season. I also tried Ute squash (...

Something else to think about with glass canning jars- If you have earthquakes, it's a good idea to try to keep them from banging into each other in a trembler. You could end up with a real mess. When I lived in California, I started using orphan socks to make cushioning sleeves for the jars...

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I DO prefer using my freeze dryer for eggs- whisk the raw eggs, freeze them in oblong/square plastic containers to make little "pucks" that I can place on the tray (less risk of it sloshing over the edges!) and then powder them. Reconstituted and cooked, I find them indistinguishable from my...

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I just got a 10 lb bag of potatoes for free. Planning to shred and dehydrate for hash browns. I don't eat them, but this way, it's easy to make just enough for DS and DH.

Reminds me of some friends that had a pet white mouse. They just kept him in a regular metal cage with a wheel in it. He was happy at first, would run on that wheel most of the night (they could hear the wheel squeaking in the next room). Then, he apparently got bored with just running, and...

I don't eat potatoes anymore (diabetes), but when I did, I liked shredding potatoes and rinsing off the starch, then dehydrate. Rehydrate for about 5 minutes, then fry in butter or bacon grease. Best hash browns ever!

Welcome from Oregon. Sounds like you're a lot further along than us- we have 1/2 acre with some fruit trees, chickens, and about 1800sf garden; but we are both elderly and breaking down (30 years of heavy equipment mechanic destroyed DH). Still, we are blessed with what we have, and attitude...

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I've been laughing at how some of the new gardeners here are frantically trying to source llama poo- somehow they think it's more magical than goat poo, which is a lot easier to get hold of here. DH pointed out that pee works as well as store-bought ammonia, but it's a bit more concentrated...

Hi, I'm in the Cascades on the dry side of Oregon- just short of a mile high. We only have a 90 day garden season (if we're lucky- it was starting to look like the Fimbulwinter, but it's warmer this week). I spend a lot of time looking for crops and varieties that can handle less water, cooler...

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