Part 2. What the Freeze dryer does and choosing the right size for your home Remember when they tried to teach us about sublimation in high school science class? Water goes from a solid to a vapor without becoming liquid. Then it recondenses back to a solid. That’s what happens […]
Part 3. Freeze Dryer: Taking the leap: Ordering: Shipping: Set-up “But… it’s expensive…” Yes and no. Whatever you spend on putting up food today is nothing compared to how much the food will be worth when there’s none available in the stores. *If you don’t have $2,900 up front, Harvest […]
Part 4. Best mylar bags (my opinion) and oxygen absorbers (As always, I take no commissions, kick backs, or free stuff for reviews, none.) The enemies of stored food are heat, light and oxygen. Mylar bags block light. Store jarred food where it’s dark. Generally between 50 and 70 degrees […]
Part 5. Freeze Drying: Odds and ends that make life easier. Pre Freezing: As mentioned, if you pre-freeze your trays, you’ll take hours off your freeze dryer run-time. Trays: Don’t use abrasive scrubbers on them. Consider buying an extra set of trays. They don’t cost much. If you mess one […]
Woodshed Autonomous Zone, Through No Fault of Our Own, Mostly (some alcohol involved) revives The Venerable WAZ Awards to honor the Top Black Racists of 2021 Introduction: It was April First. Fine, clear skies, temperatures up in the mid-40’s already. One of those days you feel the trees pulling […]
WAZ Awards 2021: Winner #1: Colin ‘The Swooshstika’ Kaepernick Gene (April Fools take the bait) On his way to pour another dram of single malt, Gene-Gene the Word Machine whispered into Al’s ear. They both looked sideways at Tim, who was looking the other way. Al spoke to Ira who […]
Top Black Racists of 2021: Winner #2: Professor Mutha Beep We gathered round the bunker the following week for Episode Two (Twelve if you count 2020) of the WAZ awards. Rhubarb buds were peeking out of the raised beds in places. No open leaves yet but it reminded Cosmo we […]
Top Black Racists of 2021: The WAZ Awards: Winner #3 Charm City Roy rapped his rubber chicken on the bench. He was still wearing the Moroccan tunic but he’d changed his Tyrolean hat to a fez. “Okay, white, light privilege ones. Time once again to scour the highways and byways […]
Top Black Racists of 2021: The WAZ Awards: Winner #4 The Grant Park Philistines SONNY “Gentlemen!” Roy Sequoia raised his voice and glass as one. “And the rest of you, too. The time has come to direct your white, light, bright, privileged attention to a man who comes from a […]
(5) WAZ Awards 2021: Winner Number Five: Her Honor [Cosmo] In a long day, we got one of Ira’s greenhouses put in, the base anyway, and two thirds of the greenhouse itself, but there were hundreds of screws/nuts/brackets/hinges and so on even before the polycarbonate sheets, so just after dark […]
WAZ Awards 2021: Winner Number Seven: (who is that?) TONY Tony brought garlic bread, wine, Italian beef with cannellini beans, his restaurant’s famous tira miso for dessert, served with a twenty-year-old port and strong Italian coffee. As we sat with the coffee Al and Ira tuned up. Roy pulled out […]
(7) WAZ Awards 2021: Winner Number Seven: The Good Fight Ira It being Cinco de Mayo, Sonny made cornbread, fish tacos, black beans and rice, with guacamole. Then we got into the tequila mojitos. Overindulged you might say. Roy, wearing cowboy boots, a sheepskin leather vest with the wool turned […]