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Juice celery then dehydrate it

We just had a family get together. We prepared most all food from our garden. ( We bought the butter and a few odds and ends) . It was pretty good.

Idk..dandilion tea is a bit bittery.and chicory is strong ( dilute?)..

Or we could grow celery I also saw on BBC, Ruth Goodman was crushing some type of rock..boiling it down for the salt

My mom,who was a "self sufficient homesteader" during the 70s& 80s,says it's almost impossible.she says she had to buy sugar, tea, coffee and oil.i think thats still pretty good for a family of 5.

Thank you for moving the thread. I'm thinking that growing a completely balanced diet is possible. We haven't been trained to do it 100%-yet I believe it's possible. We are use to buying our junk food goodies, and not SO necessary items-giving up those creature comforts is the real issue for...

I was so- so proud of making a whole, beautiful bowl of fresh,cut garden veg.until I realized that I thoughtlessly dumped some store bought oil and vinegar dressing on it...dash!!!..*not* so mindful.

Wow..it could make a glass of juice by itself.

Alabama

Trying to stick to a self grown plate, has proven to be a little challenging.Coffee seems to be a big set back although we grow many herbs and herbal tea type plants. Sweetner could be on our set back list as well.Our bees hives are not ready for a harvest and we've used others products. We...

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