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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

independence days week 11

well, i didn't manage to plant anything, but i did manage to harvest and preserve!

1 planted: nothing

2 harvested: mint to dry, lettuce for salad, lamb's quarters to dry

3 preserved: dried collard greens, lamb's quarters, mint, zucchini "noodles"

4 stored: 25lb wheat, 25lb baking soda, 25lb garbanzo beans, 25lb lentils, 1lb thick rolled oats (wanted to try them before we bought in bulk), 3 qts of soy milk, 4 cans pineapple chunks, olive oil, two pounds brown rice

5 prepped: nothing that i can think of

6 managed: nothing that i can think of

7 cook something new: beet and carrot latkes from the csa bounty, brownies

8 work on local food systems: nothing that i can think of

9 reduced waste: chopped down weeds and threw them on the compost pile