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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma
I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret
Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen
Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina
Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna
Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri
My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher
Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi
Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera
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Swimming In It
Posted at 11:24 PM on June 23, 2008 by Gina Keenan (1 Comments)
The thing with doing this local food spiel I have found, is you are either swimming in a type of food or there is a drought. I feel a lot like the Midwest's weather right now. I am up to my eyeballs in strawberries, rhubarb and greens right now. The strawberries are what concern me (who thought I would be concerned about strawberries less than two weeks ago). I have an ice cream bucket full in the fridge, plus some, and I need to start doing something with them fast. I have more ripening each day, and I am foolishly delaying harvest. The kids have already gorged themselves on the fresh version, so I can't count on them to take out large amounts anymore.
Of course the issue is time. I don't have enough time to blog, much less preserve this food. I feel totally under pressure-I have no excuse to not have strawberries in December. My plans for canning aren't going to be happening anytime soon, so I am going to have to dive in and start freezing the strawberries in batches. This should be a no brainer, but we have limited freezer space, so I need to be careful. Especially as I know this is going to happen again in future with beans, peas, tomatoes, spinach (again), etc.
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Hi Gina,
How about trying to dehydrate (dry) some? I have about put up as much as I can in either freezer jam or frozen so my next batch I thought that I would try using my dehydrator on them - here is an article that discusses it. Just takes a bit of time to slice them up but after that let the dehydrator do the work....
Posted by Scott | June 24, 2008 5:02 PM