{"id":49261,"date":"2019-10-29T19:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T00:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=49261"},"modified":"2019-10-29T19:31:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T00:31:06","slug":"making-the-most-of-what-we-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=49261","title":{"rendered":"Making The Most Of What We Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Vegetable-Frame.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>&nbsp;Photograph by Jill Wellington (Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/2019\/10\/24\/making-the-most-of-what-we-harvest-common-crops\/\">Making The Most Of What We Harvest<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Secondary Uses for Common Crops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s nearing the end of our main growing season here in North Carolina. Halfway through October, our tomato plants are not much longer for the world, perhaps even living on borrowed time now. Summer squashes have given way, and winter squashes are strewn out waiting for the first frost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve also got some cold weather stuff in the ground. Cilantro has reseeded itself. We\u2019ve planted rounds of carrots, beets, chard, kale, and radishes. Collard greens, a local favourite, are on the go. Kohlrabi is in the ground. Because we\u2019ve been building our home, we\u2019ve dropped the ball on getting some of what we\u2019d like to have planted\u2014broccoli, fava beans, leeks\u2014this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, what\u2019s on my mind is more positive: It\u2019s how much we\u2019ve enjoyed our common crops this summer. More so, part of what we\u2019ve enjoyed has been making the very most of them. We are steadily adding to our repertoire of possibilities, expanding our diets and production into new realms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As dutiful permaculturalists, we\u2019ve always sought out secondary (edible) uses for our harvests, ways to get more function from what we have cultivated. Here\u2019s some of what has us excited this year, as well as some notes from the past and hopes for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Carrot Tops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Carrot-Tops.jpg\" alt=\"Common Crop Carrot Tops\" class=\"wp-image-46724\"\/><figcaption>Photograph by Rachel C IMP (Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With our second growing season in North Carolina, we showed marked improvement in our carrot harvest. The roots have been the most flavourful I\u2019ve ever eaten, and they\u2019ve come out of the ground with a heft we didn\u2019t get last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making The Most Of What We Harvest Secondary Uses for Common Crops It\u2019s nearing the end of our main growing season here in North Carolina. Halfway through October, our tomato plants are not much longer for the world, perhaps even living on borrowed time now. Summer squashes have given way, and winter squashes are strewn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1912,622,9358],"class_list":["post-49261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-food-production","tag-permaculture","tag-permaculture-research-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49262,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49261\/revisions\/49262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}