Canned Food Inventory

Took inventory on the canned goods today.

We have (from left to right)
1 jar chard stems
2 jars pickled beets
3 jars rattituille
2 jars diced tomatoes
4 jars pured tomatoes
4 jars marinara sauce
5 jars apple sauce
2 jars fast spear pickles
2 jars sliced fast pickles
3 jars fermented spear pickles
2 jars dilly beans

Stinky Day

At the end of last semester I was short on time before leaving, so I left my big crock of fermenting cabbage to it's own devices. Today I came home after a month vacation to find the stinkiest sauerkraut I have ever smelled—actually the stinkiest thing that could have been called food—and intense mix between blue cheese and armpits. 

I should have canned it long before the semester was over. Not only was it stinky, but it had begun to totally disintegrate—stinky cabbage sludge! I was sad that it had been neglected, but not at all to see it outside in the garbage. Gross!

Rotation of Crops

I'm on the cusp of my last semester at College, and my new job at the Farm Institute seems right on the horizon. I just heard that a greenhouse addition to the main office ala Earth Ship is in the works. We could grow food all year long and heat the house (via passive solar) in the winter. I'm most excited about the prospect of a future farm tech showcase with different hydroponic setups, including a window farm and an aquaculture system. I have an idea that we could make a aquaculture system that raises very small fish that feed on algae — hopefully some that we can fry and eat.

Inside the main hallway/greenhouse of an earthship
[http://new.earthship.org/buildings/global]