Sjoerd, no need to fret over food this winter. Looks like you have it covered. Plus dried and frozen food. YUM!
Yeah, it is a lot now, but we’ll eat it all. We’ve already started chipping-away at the jams, honey, applesauce and tomato sauce.
I see at least five empty jars in the pantry--tell your bees to get with it and fill them with lovely honey! I do admire the work and ambition that goes into filling a pantry with all that lovely food. Hope you and the bride enjoy every bite!
Jane, the honey isn’t visible on the foto., they are on flats jut below the lower right corner. We till have 40 jars. BTW, the bees still fly a little, but they have essentially finished foraging for the season. They will fly occasionally now, but the day is close that they will completely stop until february. Glad you liked the looks of our larder.
S, I see empty jars and a bit of space. I think you could squeeze a little more in there... if nothing else do you eat beans? do you have a pressure canner? getting a couple pounds of dried beans and soaked, cooked and canned are awfully nice to have on hand.
Carolyn, we have tens of bags of three types of beans frozen in. The empty jars are things we have already eaten. Haha. I should have taken the foto when it was at its top. You are right about about the dried beans though. I have never done that.
Your larder looks great SJ. Definitely a larder to be proud of! I love the look of all those colorful jars.
Sjoerd, for me, the best thing is your work with the Honey bees. The demise of bees in the USA is frightening. Sadly some people don't understand that bees are a requirement for sustaining life. I can only imagine trying to hand pollinate a garden, much less an orchard. The rows of canned goods brings memories of going down to the cellar as a child to fetch a jar of something Mother and my older sister had canned. Enough to feed a family of nine all winter. We also had dried beans and apples, pork from the hog, milk from a cow and sometimes eggs or an old hen that had quit laying eggs. A good life.
Ahhh, thanks Cayu. You are always someone who notices colour, be it in a garden, material or in a larder. I can appreciate your poower of observation. GP..I am so delighted that you are so aware of the plight of the bees. It is what drove me to begin keeping and caring for bees. Their importance is so key in the chain of life. That was a good anecdote you shared. I have similar ones.
Thankfully our gardens are now resting. Not a day too soon. This was a cold morning, mostly due to wind.
