Just wanted to say, as a vegan interested in off-grid living, your substack is amazing! I'm so sick of seeing people saying we need meat to survive off-grid. we don't! <3
The maths of omni living make no sense at all. When you try to transpose that to the absolutely insane amount of food you have to grow for your animals, it's just madness.
There are very very few people who live entirely self-sufficiently, and everyone makes an excuse for the assist they do get from the outside world. Which is fine. I strongly suspect that the chicken farming off gridders believe that "a sack of grain" through the post is a minor deviation from true self sufficiency. Believe me, it's not.
Hi Ben. I'm surprised that your pumpkins don't keep well. I have to admit that I've only ever had a few (self-seeded out of the previous owners compost heap) and ate them straight away. I do, however, grow butternut. I lay them out in a dry, cool place and they keep for months. They have a creamy delicious flavour and a lot more flesh than an onion pumpkin. I roast them with herbs and a little Oliver oil, in the oven or using the Actifry as an oven. They make superb soup ( I have the simplest recipe in the world, if you want it?), can be steamed and mashed, put into tarts (savoury or sweet). Same with pumpkins.
I think my cellars are a little too humid for fresh vegetables. I had three huge plaits of onions down there, which I have now moved upstairs - they were getting distinctly moist. They'll be fine now, and high humidity is good for somethings. Just not everything :)
Yes, I have read that garlic needs an ambient temperature and keeps well in the kitchen. Are onions the same? Also, I tried keeping butternuts in my shed but they rotted because it was indeed too humid. They stay dry in our garage which is not too cold and not humid. We're eating them for months.
Just wanted to say, as a vegan interested in off-grid living, your substack is amazing! I'm so sick of seeing people saying we need meat to survive off-grid. we don't! <3
The maths of omni living make no sense at all. When you try to transpose that to the absolutely insane amount of food you have to grow for your animals, it's just madness.
There are very very few people who live entirely self-sufficiently, and everyone makes an excuse for the assist they do get from the outside world. Which is fine. I strongly suspect that the chicken farming off gridders believe that "a sack of grain" through the post is a minor deviation from true self sufficiency. Believe me, it's not.
Hi Ben. I'm surprised that your pumpkins don't keep well. I have to admit that I've only ever had a few (self-seeded out of the previous owners compost heap) and ate them straight away. I do, however, grow butternut. I lay them out in a dry, cool place and they keep for months. They have a creamy delicious flavour and a lot more flesh than an onion pumpkin. I roast them with herbs and a little Oliver oil, in the oven or using the Actifry as an oven. They make superb soup ( I have the simplest recipe in the world, if you want it?), can be steamed and mashed, put into tarts (savoury or sweet). Same with pumpkins.
I think my cellars are a little too humid for fresh vegetables. I had three huge plaits of onions down there, which I have now moved upstairs - they were getting distinctly moist. They'll be fine now, and high humidity is good for somethings. Just not everything :)
Yes, I have read that garlic needs an ambient temperature and keeps well in the kitchen. Are onions the same? Also, I tried keeping butternuts in my shed but they rotted because it was indeed too humid. They stay dry in our garage which is not too cold and not humid. We're eating them for months.