Agreed! I came to the realization some time ago after watching pantry haul video's that although folks are living this lifestyle and growing their own food, they are still being driven by commercialism in the grocery store, convenience and are eating what they want when they want, even though it may be out of season and an item has travelled thousands of miles to get there. It makes me smile and scratch my head. I live in a part of the world where the only thing I can grow or store outside are snow banks so my root cellaring and preserving are key. Although I like the convenience meals, my preference is to preserve as individual ingredients to give the freedom to use as necessary. Good chat.
My mother loved Lehman’s catalog. Every time we went overseas starting around the middle 50s she would order a refrigerator and stove run on bottle gas from there. Electricity did not come out as far as the house. The generator handled evening house lights, Monday laundry and the kitchen aid on bread making day. I still love looking at their catalog
Thank Carolyn for another wonderful video!! Received your freeze drying book today and can't wait to look at it tonight after a long day of hurricane clean up. We were very Blessed!!! God Bless y'all!!!
Some farmers markets are a scam, or like mine a partial scam. I live in Germany, and a few years ago, I walked over the farmers market in February. They had watermelons from Latin America... Everyone, just keepyour eyes open, and don't let them scam you
Happened at my farmer's market just this past spring...plums in early june??? I think not. Shipped in from Guatemala or somewhere like that. No thanks, I'll wait til the local fruit is available. My only question is WHERE ARE THE FLORIDA ORANGES??? Maybe a thing of the past now, sadly.
Chat with the vendors. Ask them if they grow their own and how it is grown. I'm a farmers market vendor and have a sign on my table that says all produce is grown without chemicals/pesticides/insectides. I enjoy talking to people about my garden. One of the markets that I sell at requires vendors to only sell produce and goods they make.
Every single farmers market in my area are just tents for companies and ONE food seller who is the same Filipino family who literally resell grocery store produce in plastic bowls or sometimes in the same packaging from the store...
Great video. I have a favorite cookbook I picked up years ago that's based on cooking seasonally out of the garden, SIMPLY IN SEASON... Recipes that celebrate fresh, local foods in the spirit of More-with-Less. Highly recommend it 😊
In one of Eliot Coleman's gardening books, he says he doesn't preserve from the garden, he says he just doesn't have the time. He eats fresh from his Maine garden all year. Warm season crops in the warm season, cool season crops in the cool season. No need for canning jars or lids. Now that I've been digging into health more and circadian + seasonal rhythm, light and dark cycles, it totally makes sense to me. Carbs have a season, and it's when they grow. Logically it makes sense, eat how our ancestors ate. Getting there has been a bit harder for me to implement. Thank you for the encouragement, will keep working towards my goal.
That sounds utopian to someone like me living in Alaska where our gardening season is maybe 4 month long (except for years without much of a summer). 🤪
@DutchAlaskagirl he probably eats more fats and meats in the winter, along with his cold hardy greens, like mizuna. He works with nature instead of fighting it. I lived in a Yupik village for several months a couple of years ago, and it's sad how many were sick. They were eating processed foods but were also eating carbs. They are a people adapted to fats and proteins, living at a latitude where carbs don't easily grow. I don't believe the food pyramid applies to anyone, especially them.
Its not just a mental shift, many preservatives are addicting. The longer you can go without some of these highly-processed foods, the easier it is. You find the stuff you were eating doesn't taste as good as you remember, you feel kind of crummy or lethargic and you are hungrier in a shorter time after eating. The trick is paying attention, because after a year or 2 of healthier eating, you will find you do not crave many food items.
I have your new book on freeze drying and I don't even have my freeze dryer yet. It is going to be such a help because I will know just what I need for the FD to be hooked up and ready to go when it gets here. Still have more to pay, but just can't wait!!! God bless y'all and keep growing.
Very interesting and informative! I am one of those people who preserve vegetables then buy vegetables at the store to eat fresh. What is wrong with me???? After watching your Pantry Chat I am going to start eating more from the garden (although most of my garden died this summer from the heat) once my fall garden starts producing and eating from what I've been preserving rather than buying food from the grocery store. Thank you Carolyn! I always learn something from you.
I grow a garden that can be both, just have to grow more of what I like to eat and preserve some and eat some. It's worked out best for me, but I only grow and preserve for 1. So it's easy.
@@Sue-ec6un I normally grow enough vegetables to do both also, but this year most everything died. Just too hot! I shaded my tomatoes and peppers, and they are producing nicely, so we are eating and preserving some of them. It's that i have a lot of freeze-dried food from last year that I'm not eating, but buying other food instead.
I tried to explain this to my husband- don’t eat the pear sauce that I preserved, eat the fresh apples that are on the counter! He just won’t get on board. 😞
Oh girl....trust me I get to have my Marinara sauce in the winter here in michigan. I make all my romas and other paste tomatoes into pasta sauce and can it 😂😂😂😂😂 I canned, and froze alot of beans, corn, and butter nut squash as well as zichini soni can add a touch of summer in the cold winter months here too.
I know my body is already a goner with how much permanent chemicals and poisons I've had to consume growing up, but I will ensure my children will be exposed to as little as possible.
Thank you for this valuable info! We are so spoiled when it comes to this! Speaking of healthy packaging options, what do you use to freeze your meats and other food items? Plastic seems like a bad option anymore and virtually everything is in plastic 😮
Well in theory it would work, but in a multicultural society not everyone is originally from the country they live in. I would hate not to be able to eat tropical fruit, or other things I wouldn't be able to grow here in the Netherlands without a large heated greenhouse.
Question off topic of video…where can I pre-order/order your freeze drying book? Is there somewhere to purchase it that is NOT Amazon? I try not to give them my money lol. I clicked on one of your links and it took me to amazon.
My uncle has tomatoes in the greenhouse but they're not turning red what can we do to get them to ripen up before the first Frost which could be any day now. I'm only about 3 to 5 hours South of you. Above Kamiah, Idaho
I am in Northern Idaho and I will pick them green before the first freeze hits. I set them in a box in one layer and put them in my laundry room and they will eventually ripen.
You can pick tomatoes when light green. They ripen slowly, which can be an asset. To ripen a few faster, just put a few bananas with them in a fruit bowl or paper bag.
Agreed! I came to the realization some time ago after watching pantry haul video's that although folks are living this lifestyle and growing their own food, they are still being driven by commercialism in the grocery store, convenience and are eating what they want when they want, even though it may be out of season and an item has travelled thousands of miles to get there. It makes me smile and scratch my head. I live in a part of the world where the only thing I can grow or store outside are snow banks so my root cellaring and preserving are key. Although I like the convenience meals, my preference is to preserve as individual ingredients to give the freedom to use as necessary. Good chat.
Yes, I’ve been thinking a lot about ingredient prep instead of food prep. Freedom of diversification of meals!
My mother loved Lehman’s catalog. Every time we went overseas starting around the middle 50s she would order a refrigerator and stove run on bottle gas from there. Electricity did not come out as far as the house. The generator handled evening house lights, Monday laundry and the kitchen aid on bread making day. I still love looking at their catalog
Great pantry chat. I can grow all year so thanks for making me think. 😮
I have a salad table in a southern window. Fresh greens all winter. I'm only feeding 3.
Great chat. It takes a lot time to build all the skills to make this work (cooking, growing, eating, preserving) but it does really make a difference.
Thank Carolyn for another wonderful video!! Received your freeze drying book today and can't wait to look at it tonight after a long day of hurricane clean up. We were very Blessed!!! God Bless y'all!!!
Some farmers markets are a scam, or like mine a partial scam. I live in Germany, and a few years ago, I walked over the farmers market in February. They had watermelons from Latin America... Everyone, just keepyour eyes open, and don't let them scam you
Happened at my farmer's market just this past spring...plums in early june??? I think not. Shipped in from Guatemala or somewhere like that. No thanks, I'll wait til the local fruit is available. My only question is WHERE ARE THE FLORIDA ORANGES??? Maybe a thing of the past now, sadly.
Yes, we’ve had an influx of scammers on the side of the road selling fresh produce with stickers from Walmart.
Chat with the vendors. Ask them if they grow their own and how it is grown. I'm a farmers market vendor and have a sign on my table that says all produce is grown without chemicals/pesticides/insectides. I enjoy talking to people about my garden. One of the markets that I sell at requires vendors to only sell produce and goods they make.
@@utopicconfections5257 great suggestion
Every single farmers market in my area are just tents for companies and ONE food seller who is the same Filipino family who literally resell grocery store produce in plastic bowls or sometimes in the same packaging from the store...
So blessed with abundance of meat and food for your family.❤️
Love this chat, for sure…and may be more than a little jealous of your having so much asparagus to enjoy in the spring!!
I live about an hour from Lehmans here in Ohio. It’s a great place to visit!
Great video. I have a favorite cookbook I picked up years ago that's based on cooking seasonally out of the garden, SIMPLY IN SEASON... Recipes that celebrate fresh, local foods in the spirit of More-with-Less. Highly recommend it 😊
What a great video. You are so right
Thanks for watching!
Love your pantry chats. I am waiting for your book to come in the mail
In one of Eliot Coleman's gardening books, he says he doesn't preserve from the garden, he says he just doesn't have the time. He eats fresh from his Maine garden all year. Warm season crops in the warm season, cool season crops in the cool season. No need for canning jars or lids. Now that I've been digging into health more and circadian + seasonal rhythm, light and dark cycles, it totally makes sense to me. Carbs have a season, and it's when they grow. Logically it makes sense, eat how our ancestors ate. Getting there has been a bit harder for me to implement. Thank you for the encouragement, will keep working towards my goal.
That sounds utopian to someone like me living in Alaska where our gardening season is maybe 4 month long (except for years without much of a summer). 🤪
@DutchAlaskagirl he probably eats more fats and meats in the winter, along with his cold hardy greens, like mizuna. He works with nature instead of fighting it. I lived in a Yupik village for several months a couple of years ago, and it's sad how many were sick. They were eating processed foods but were also eating carbs. They are a people adapted to fats and proteins, living at a latitude where carbs don't easily grow. I don't believe the food pyramid applies to anyone, especially them.
Its not just a mental shift, many preservatives are addicting.
The longer you can go without some of these highly-processed foods, the easier it is. You find the stuff you were eating doesn't taste as good as you remember, you feel kind of crummy or lethargic and you are hungrier in a shorter time after eating.
The trick is paying attention, because after a year or 2 of healthier eating, you will find you do not crave many food items.
Love this topic! Thanks for sharing. ❤
I have your new book on freeze drying and I don't even have my freeze dryer yet. It is going to be such a help because I will know just what I need for the FD to be hooked up and ready to go when it gets here. Still have more to pay, but just can't wait!!! God bless y'all and keep growing.
Lehman s is awesome I've got several items from them I would love to visit the store great video❤
I live ~30 mins from there. Heart of Amish country. Nice adventure. Very expensive IMO, but....lasts
Great vlog, thanks
Very interesting and informative! I am one of those people who preserve vegetables then buy vegetables at the store to eat fresh. What is wrong with me???? After watching your Pantry Chat I am going to start eating more from the garden (although most of my garden died this summer from the heat) once my fall garden starts producing and eating from what I've been preserving rather than buying food from the grocery store. Thank you Carolyn! I always learn something from you.
I grow a garden that can be both, just have to grow more of what I like to eat and preserve some and eat some. It's worked out best for me, but I only grow and preserve for 1. So it's easy.
@@Sue-ec6un I normally grow enough vegetables to do both also, but this year most everything died. Just too hot! I shaded my tomatoes and peppers, and they are producing nicely, so we are eating and preserving some of them. It's that i have a lot of freeze-dried food from last year that I'm not eating, but buying other food instead.
So jealous! Not having the best year and we are getting some abundance!
I received my book on Frees drying. It is amazing ! Thank You 😊❤
Glad you like it!
I tried to explain this to my husband- don’t eat the pear sauce that I preserved, eat the fresh apples that are on the counter! He just won’t get on board. 😞
Oh girl....trust me I get to have my Marinara sauce in the winter here in michigan. I make all my romas and other paste tomatoes into pasta sauce and can it 😂😂😂😂😂 I canned, and froze alot of beans, corn, and butter nut squash as well as zichini soni can add a touch of summer in the cold winter months here too.
I know my body is already a goner with how much permanent chemicals and poisons I've had to consume growing up, but I will ensure my children will be exposed to as little as possible.
I need to get some food out of my garden.
Thank you for this valuable info! We are so spoiled when it comes to this!
Speaking of healthy packaging options, what do you use to freeze your meats and other food items? Plastic seems like a bad option anymore and virtually everything is in plastic 😮
We like to use butcher paper for the meats in the freezer.
Can you put onion seed, leek seed and scallion seed in the ground for over winter so they grow on their own?
Hmmmmm....very good question. Maybe I'll use part of my garden when I plant my garlic and give it a try. Michigan zone 6 a here.
consider spouts is gardening
I did sprouts last winter and you know, it filled a gap I didn't even realize I had! Also they are delicious and you just eat em raw, nothing easier!
Well in theory it would work, but in a multicultural society not everyone is originally from the country they live in. I would hate not to be able to eat tropical fruit, or other things I wouldn't be able to grow here in the Netherlands without a large heated greenhouse.
Question off topic of video…where can I pre-order/order your freeze drying book? Is there somewhere to purchase it that is NOT Amazon? I try not to give them my money lol. I clicked on one of your links and it took me to amazon.
homesteadliving.com/freeze-drying-the-harvest/?FDH-PO-2024
My uncle has tomatoes in the greenhouse but they're not turning red what can we do to get them to ripen up before the first Frost which could be any day now. I'm only about 3 to 5 hours South of you. Above Kamiah, Idaho
I am in Northern Idaho and I will pick them green before the first freeze hits. I set them in a box in one layer and put them in my laundry room and they will eventually ripen.
Besides picking them green to ripen later you need to cut back on watering. Keeping the soil a bit drier will signal time to ripen.
Trim the tops off
You can pick tomatoes when light green. They ripen slowly, which can be an asset. To ripen a few faster, just put a few bananas with them in a fruit bowl or paper bag.