Letters To The Editor

More Advice For Companion Planting And Stockpiling

To read the story referenced, “’Miracle-Working’ Companion Plants That Will Make Your Vegetables Flourish,” click here.

 

Grow onions at the foot of your rose bushes or vine climbing roses. They help each other flourish!

Bobby

 

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To read the story referenced, “11 Dirt-Cheap, Easy-To-Store Foods That Should Be In Every Stockpile,” click here.

 

I dehydrate everything from mushrooms, tomatoes and carrots to cherries and apples. Dehydrate them from FRESH, and make sure they are completely dehydrated. Better to be overdone than not enough!

Amanda

 

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I built a vacuum chamber from an old 21 quart pressure canner and bought a small vacuum pump at a refrigeration supply store. I use it to “dry can” in mason jars EVERYTHING that I buy in bulk that is already dry, as well as the items I put through my freeze dryer.