Small Scale Farming: Storing Fruits and Vegetables

By John And Sally Seymour
Published on March 1, 1976
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Bottling is an effective method of storing blackcurrants, if you're growing them in your small scale farming operation.
Bottling is an effective method of storing blackcurrants, if you're growing them in your small scale farming operation.
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Peas reportedly freeze well, but the author believes freezing degrades the pleasure of eating them fresh.
Peas reportedly freeze well, but the author believes freezing degrades the pleasure of eating them fresh.
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Pickling is an excellent way to store gherkins.
Pickling is an excellent way to store gherkins.
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Making sauerkraut is an excellent way to store cabbage for the winter. 
Making sauerkraut is an excellent way to store cabbage for the winter. 

Ah, the vicissitudes of time. Four years ago, when there were no currently relevant small scale farming introductory handbooks available, many of us welcomed the publication of Richard Langer’s Grow It! with open arms. Now that we’re all older and more experienced, however, some folks find it increasingly easy to criticize that breakthrough beginner’s guide.

Which brings us to another breakthrough book that is just as important (probably more so) now as Grow It! was four years ago, and which may well come up for its share of criticism in another 24 months or so. Be that as it may, John and Sally Seymour’s record of 18 successful years on a 5-acre homestead in England is important now and should offer welcome encouragement to today’s back-to-the-landers, both real and imaginary.MOTHER EARTH NEWS has been serializing their book, Farming for Self-Sufficiency. This installment deals with storing fruits and vegetables. Many readers will no doubt want a personal copy for their home libraries.

Copyright © 1973 by John and Sally Seymour,
Introduction copyright © 1973 by Schocken Books,
Inc.


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