Posted on 08/15/2007 7:08:15 PM PDT by shrinkermd
oh good luck with that lil project, gabz.
be sure and let us know how it goes too!
A few more tips for ya, Gabz:
Slice the tomatoes THICKLY because they can dry down to paper-thin and are virtually worthless then. They’ll stick to the dehydrator racks and crumble into dust. (Been there, done that!)
If your dehydrator doesn’t have a fan in it, it’s important to rotate those racks for even drying.
If you want to dry cherry tomatoes, slice them in half and scoop out the seeds with the smaller end of a melon baller or measuring spoon, then dry them. Again, I’ve dried them with the seeds in them, and they’re not as good that way.
Have fun! :)
Thanks for the tip Gabz. Yep, it is very hot right now. It isn’t quite as bad on the wife because we have good air conditioning in our home. Now, if I could get big enough a/c to keep me cool outside while I am picking all those beans and tomatoes it would be great. lol
I can understand $8/gallon for orange juice,,,,but $3/gallon for gas is OUTRAGEOUS!!!!! /s
Move closer, ride a bike, or walk!!...lol
Enjoy trading some stocks before your high oil prices bring the whole thing crashing down.
LOL!!! I’d just be happy with an irrigating system (read hose and water pressure) big enough to REACH my garden. The side closest to the house is still more than a football field from the water spigot. I literally truck water out there.
We have a couple of plastic 55 gallon barrels my husband has fitted with spigots. I put them in the back of the pickup, fill them with water and then drive over to the field, then I attach a hose and let gravity do the rest of the work.
My first experimentation with dehydrating the tomatoes seems to have worked. I had a bucket load of really nice sized romas which I quartered. My dehydrator doesn’t have a fan, so I I kept switching the trays every few hours. I let them go about 30 hours. Some of them seem to need some more time, but since I have more to do, I’ll just put them back on a tray to finish.
And nuclear power emits no "greenhouse" gasses at all!
Cram that little factoid down the throats of every ecofascist you meet...
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