Strawberries keep coming, trying a different way to dehydrate (sold some for sats at the local Bitcoin meetup too!) image I used whole strawberries for the last batch in the Bitcoin mining dehydrator which took 3 days to complete. Now, I'm trying a batch with them cut in half. There is definitely a trade off between time spent prepping and processing to decrease dehydration time and just shoving stuff in the box and letting it run. Because I'm also mining Bitcoin I'm hyper aware of the energy cost to run the dehydrator. image We have been eating strawberries with everything! Strawberry yogurt, strawberry banana bread, fresh strawberries, strawberry ice cream. Pretty soon we are going to be tired of strawberries and start focusing on preservation instead of gobbling them up. Ended up selling some at the local Bitcoin meetup for sats too! Strawberries are my favorite. #permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #perennial #foodforest #strawberry #dehydrator #bitcoinmining #plebminer #homemining #homeminer #bitcoin #circulareconony #stacksats #foodpreservation #selfsovereignty View quoted note →

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Much better results dehydrating strawberries by cutting them in half. image One pint jar jam packed with dehydrated strawberries. It's amazing how much space dehydrated food saves on shelf not to mention the freezer. This batch finished in 1/3rd the time and didn't take that much longer to process by cutting in half. I wasn't able to prep them in one continuous session so I'm not exactly how much longer it takes. #permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #selfsovereignty #dehydrator #strawberry #perennial #foodpreservation #homemade #plebminer #pleblife View quoted note →
Picking more strawberries before dinner image I've been weeding the apple tree nursery while I pick and it's starting look a little less unruly, seems to time out well with the growth of the weeds. This has been a great year for strawberries so far. They seem to be much sweeter than last year. We've been eating so many we haven't had enough for another batch in the dehydrator. I think there will be enough to run it if I pick again tomorrow morning. #permies #permaculture #homesteading #grownostr #selfsovereignty #strawberry #perennial #foodforest #nursery #appletree #graftedapple View quoted note →
thats a great haul, I have some rouge chipmunks eating mine, I lack the courage to kill them because they are too cute.... damn. bottom left. image
I like the looks of that garden! I can see chipmunks causing problems, they seem to thrive in back yards. I think the combination of our dog and the high number of plants they can't eat them all here if they can make it past the dog.
Ill give up the strawberries for their lives I assure you.... LOL
I thought I was about to have a ton of strawberries to dry, but my dog seems to have discovered the strawberries and he is trampling my strawberry plants looking and eating fresh strawberries. It means he is knocking off a bunch of the green berries so they will never ripen. He also knocked down a couple of asparagus ferns. I may have to find a way to protect my garden.