If you dehydrate food rather than freeze it...

Lady TS · 08-11-2009, 07:24 AM

What all do you dehydrate?

How and where do you store it?

We are contemplating getting a freezer and/or a dehydrator to preserve the produce from our garden...

We have in the garden:
Tomatoes
Peppers
Zucchini
Kale
Chard
Green Beans
Beets
Carrots(might be able to put them in cool storage)
some Cabbage

Plan to get at farmer's market:
Apples
???

Blueberrybabies · 08-11-2009, 08:47 AM

b/c I have a dehydrator but not enough freezer space, and had been thinking about this.

Zipporah · 08-16-2009, 07:36 AM

We dry our tomatoes in summer. Just cut them in half, place on baking sheets and leave them on the roof of our shed for a day or 2. (it gets hot here

-towards the end of the season it might take a bit longer ) Cover them with muslin to keep the flies off.
I've seen pics of ppl doing the same thing with stone fruit and apples.
I imagine a dehydrator would be doing the same thing.
I put them in clip top jars-anything airtight would be fine.

ETA: My sister dehydrates kale and chard and crumbles into jars. I've heard of someone who transplants chard and Chinese veg into sawdust and stores it in the cellar but I've never done it myself (seeing as it never gets below freezing here and I don't have a cellar

)

jenn3514 · 08-16-2009, 09:24 AM

Friends of ours dehydrate their zucchini and carrots, then use them as chips or just boil them. Peppers are great to throw in soups/salads/dips.

08-11-2009, 07:24 AM	#1
Lady TS Rose Garden Wish I was there! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NW OH Posts: 10,614	If you dehydrate food rather than freeze it... What all do you dehydrate? How and where do you store it? We are contemplating getting a freezer and/or a dehydrator to preserve the produce from our garden... We have in the garden: Tomatoes Peppers Zucchini Kale Chard Green Beans Beets Carrots(might be able to put them in cool storage) some Cabbage Plan to get at farmer's market: Apples ??? __________________ Tanya InTJ Wife to Randy Mom to: Brownie-18, RockSalt-16, LuLu-going on 14 and Avery, with the Lord September 2010 In essentials, Unity In non-essentials, Liberty In all things, Charity My Blogs: Living Healthy in the Modern World and Wordy Musings Last edited by Lady TS; 08-11-2009 at 07:26 AM. Reason: added list of foods we have to store somehow

08-11-2009, 08:47 AM	#2
Blueberrybabies Climbing Rose Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,348	Re: If you dehydrate food rather than freeze it... b/c I have a dehydrator but not enough freezer space, and had been thinking about this. __________________ Carly Wife to my first love since 12/2002 Mama of A (dd 7) G (ds 5.5) E (dd 4)

08-16-2009, 07:36 AM	#3
Zipporah Deactivated Formerly NightingaleQueenofCrocs Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,383	Re: If you dehydrate food rather than freeze it... We dry our tomatoes in summer. Just cut them in half, place on baking sheets and leave them on the roof of our shed for a day or 2. (it gets hot here -towards the end of the season it might take a bit longer ) Cover them with muslin to keep the flies off. I've seen pics of ppl doing the same thing with stone fruit and apples. I imagine a dehydrator would be doing the same thing. I put them in clip top jars-anything airtight would be fine. ETA: My sister dehydrates kale and chard and crumbles into jars. I've heard of someone who transplants chard and Chinese veg into sawdust and stores it in the cellar but I've never done it myself (seeing as it never gets below freezing here and I don't have a cellar ) Last edited by Zipporah; 08-16-2009 at 07:42 AM.

08-16-2009, 09:24 AM	#4
jenn3514 Rose Garden Be assured, God is in the details. Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 4,847	Re: If you dehydrate food rather than freeze it... Friends of ours dehydrate their zucchini and carrots, then use them as chips or just boil them. Peppers are great to throw in soups/salads/dips. __________________ married to my best friend; Lovin' my kiddos 18yo dd; , 9yodd; , 7yo ds; ,; 4yo dd; and three angel babies

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