dehydrating

Every week something new pops up in the garden and I've been busy dehydrating so many all spring and now summer. The first one I did we...

The vegetable garden is almost done for the year. I still have a few plants that will continue growing throughout the cool fall weather...

Freeze drying The first time I learned about a freeze dryer was here on Hive. I forgot the name of the account (sorry) but I read some p...

On Monday morning I was expecting my general helper and intern #2 at 7AM. I was up at 4AM to get my post up and clean the kitchen up. I ...

The outer cabbage leaves are enormous on the plants in the garden. I trimmed off some of them to get better airflow between the plants....

It has been a busy two days this week as the first round of herbs were ready to harvest. I took advantage and decided to dry them in th...

The Lilacs were at their peak here in western, New York this past week. I took a day to focus on preserving the blossoms for future use...

Dehydrating Green Onion Many of us grow more vegetables than we can use, when we harvest them, so, WHAT to do with your BOUNTY? Here's a ...

Gardening season seems like as good a season as any to resume blogging, and gardens typically offer some rich ground for unexpected stori...

On Saturday morning first thing I set about getting as many of the plant lights and shelves out of the windows as I could. Then I put th...

With the ever-increasing prices of store-bought eggs it was time to do some research on dehydrating some. Our stores in western, New Yo...

My back up helper and helper friend got here around 8AM. My helper friend did the foliars and then ran the vacuum around the house. My b...

I got out early on Friday morning and started moving the pile of mulch in the Small garden. It did ²⁄³ of the back of the garden. My bac...

Hi Herb Hivers i have just filled the dehydrator with sage leaves harvested from the Dave goes Nuts harvesting trip from last week. i gu...

On Tuesday, I didn’t accomplish much. I didn’t work in the gardens. I spent the morning on the phone, trying to find out how many people...

Friday morning I got the dehydrators unloaded. The comfrey in both of them just filled the half gallon jar. That one’s done. I’d planned...

I thought I had a few nettles plants out on the bank so I went out to harvest from them. Turns out there were only 5 small ones and I on...

Over the 2020 Christmas holiday season, we purchased a new dehydrator; a 9-tray Excalibur. I still have both of my Nesco dehydrators, but...

We’ve been getting 4 pullet eggs from the new flock most days. One day a large egg with a broken end came in. I saved it for the old cat...

We got the first frost Friday night. I had filled the dehydrators with nasturtiums and toothache plant on Friday as I thought they’d be ...

I spent the afternoon on the couch dehydrating nasturtiums. I filled both dehydrators as I had not yet done any nasturtiums. It was to d...

Thursday was to be a rainy day so we would be working inside. My helper friend was here and his first job was to clean the cook stove. I...

On Tuesday morning I got the harvesting done first, early while it was cool. The summer squash is going crazy out there. There’s only 1 ...

I have about 42 different things I dehydrate for feeding the layers in winter. Most are packed in quart jars, but there are also a good ...

L – R: echinacea, parsley, zucchini, summer squash, cukes, sugar pod peas, calendula On Saturday after I’d finished the Small garden and...

Bowl full: echinacea flowers, bee balm (2 kinds), oregano flowers, heartsease, basil flowers, marigold flowers, calendula flowers, chamo...

We stopped and got her out of the storage unit on Sunday night. She’s back in Row 2 next to the chicory, on her stump. I spent most of t...

Sunday evening was still pretty hot until well into the night. But the evening sky over the gardens was so pretty. The deepening dusk b...

Saturday morning I got out early and got this bed for the azalea cleaned out. I put some compost around it and dumped the 4½ totes of mi...