Dehydration as a method of food preservation has been around a long time. Primitive man dried victuals by the heat of the sun or with the aid of fire, then ground the dehydrated stores into a ...

Hurray! Nature’s bounty is upon us: tomatoes, peaches, pears, carrots, beans. .?.?. If your garden has been productive — as many have been during this warm, wet summer — you might not be able to eat ...

An agronomist at Kabanyolo explains the importance of drying vegetables using solar. Photos by Michael Kakumirizi. Solar drying of the vegetables is, thus, the best option. The shorter drying time and ...

Kenya: The most biting shortage during a dry spell, like the one we experienced recently, is scarcity of vegetables. Yet it does not have to be like that; it shows how unprepared we are even for short ...

If you want to preserve fresh fruit and don't have a dehydrator you can dry fruits and vegetables in your oven according to culinary weblog The Kitchn. Simply set your oven to its lowest temperature ...

D igging into my raised beds for vegetable planting, the soil seemed different from other years. The task of spring cleanup is normally soothing; the early season weeds lift from the ground easily and ...