Great resource. Thank you.
FWIW, I have heard that penicillin can actually go bad, so that might be one to check out. I’m guessing liquids have a much shorter shelf life.
Another good grain mill is the Mock Mill. We just bought one and love it. It grinds other stuff besides wheat, too.
You just have to make sure you can find wheat berries locally. In CNY, one of the local Mennonite stores (Sauder’s in Seneca Falls) carries bags of wheat berries.
A question about root crops. I have a lot of volunteer turnips growing. I know I’ll need to dig them before the ground freezes but how long can they last in the ground. The article only mentions carrots and radishes.
Thanks for the tip on the mock mill.
Re: Turnips! This lady says to just leave them where they are and harvest as needed.
“I took a kitchen knife to the tops of the majority of my crop, and laid the greens around the roots to act as a mulch. Yes, I could have eaten the greens, but I was literally on my way out the door for our trip.
Next, I uprooted just a couple of decent sized turnips, cut the tops off, and reburied them where they’d been growing. I wished them luck and was on my way. I thought for sure the bugs would destroy them or they would rot before we got back home.”
https://www.newlifeonahomestead.com/how-to-store-turnips-in-the-ground/
I don’t grow root crops (other than onions once in a while) because I have clay soil, even in a raised & amended bed. Wisconsin root crops are always cheap because the entire middle of our state is sandy loam and perfect for root crops. The majority of our crops & canning companies are in Plover, WI.
“You just have to make sure you can find wheat berries locally. “
I’m curious how come?
turnips, how lovely you have volunteer ones!!