Previous entries can be found HERE.
Thus far we’ve talked about how I use leftovers to help stock my
pantry and how I shop to fill my pantry.
In this issue we’re heading outside and looking at the ways I build up
my pantry using the great outdoors.
38. We grow a
vegetable garden. We grow most all of
our vegetables and then preserve them for use all year long.
39. I grow culinary
herbs.
40. I grow medicinal
herbs. This year I’m hoping to expand
this area of our gardening as I learn more and more about herbs.
41. We grow our own
fruit in our small orchard.
42. We grow
strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries apart and separate from
our little orchard.
43. We raise chickens
which gives us eggs and meat … and fertilizer for the garden after it has aged.
44. We forage for
nuts, berries, etc.
45. I constantly work towards growing and
producing as much of our food as possible.
46. My husband goes
fishing. My husband loves to fish, and we
use his catch to add to our pantry.
Currently we have catfish nuggets and crappie in our freezer that he has
caught.
47. My husband hunts occasionally
and brings home his bounty to be preserved.
48. We glean from fields in the area where we live … after
being given permission by the landowners to do so, of course. Sweet potatoes and peanuts are the two items
we glean most frequently each year.
49. We grow things
inside our greenhouse.
50. We have raised
our own beef in the past and will do so again in the future.
Okay, I’ve shared
with you how I use the great outdoors to help fill my pantry, how about you? How do you utilize the ‘outdoors’ to help you fill your pantry?
Your comments are
what will make this series more helpful so please share your wisdom.
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incorporate all these ways in my daily life, join me at A Working Pantry.
Patsi
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