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in my kitchen, around the farm

freeze drying, root cellar progress, and salted herbs
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Well, it’s official - we are freeze dryin’ fools. We finally got our freeze dryer up and at ‘em after a few failed starts. We had some issues out of the box (literally), but we seem to finally be in the clear. We’ve wanted a freeze dryer for a few years, but the cost is prohibitive and we were worried that it wouldn’t warrant what we’re already accomplishing with dehydrating, dry aging, freezing, fermenting, canning, and culturing. Would it really be worth it?

It’s early days, but my wheels are already spinning with the potential of this washing machine sized piece of machinery. The quick video above shows what we did first. Here’s the verdict on the watermelon compliments of Sir Troy, “Whoa, that’s

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