>>1742157>>1742161>>1742172Farm like hell in the warm months.
Use polytunnels, cold frames/hot boxes, cloches, and greenhouses in the cold months.
Learn about and forage for local wild foods and farm those too.
Dehydrate(and vacuum seal), water bath can, pressure can, brine/salt/sugar, jelly/jam/preserve, smoke, lime, and pickle before you refrigerate or freeze.
Use a cold root cellar before you use a standard refrigerator, (make a "trash can root cellar" at the very least, pic related.)
I do almost all of that.
>>1742213They can be sweet, bitter, bland, or spicy depending on the cultivar. They are a bit like a turnip in texture, but with a bit more crunch. You can eat the green tops too. If you let them bloom, you can also eat the very young seed pods. They spread like weeds, if you let them which can be nice.
>>1742267It should be fine if you let it dry out a bit between waterings. The egg shells won't help all that much, if they are only at the bottom. They need mixed in with the soil so fungi can mine them to make bioavailable calcium for the plants. It is a long process and the bioavailable calcium is easily washed out of the soil. So, if they are at the bottom, their bioavailable calcium will get washed out very quickly and won't have a chance to stop further up in the soil where it is needed. It isn't a disaster and probably won't affect things this time, but something to remember the next time.
>>1742348Cloche!
>>1742503>How do I live up to that type of lifestyle in Northeast US some 7a?Research and get off your ass to do the work. There's not much else needed. Most people either feel overwhelmed or are unmotivated/lazy and would rather spend their time doing more hedonistic pursuits like shitposting online or eating fudgecicles.
>>1742569He's probably referring to the farm murders/genocides in South Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_farm_attacks>>1742543Yup! It depends on the cultivar you are growing and how good you are.
