That’s a great idea. Even on food I’m about done with these mask-requiring faggot grocers. Soon I’ll get everything I can direct from farmers and hunting. Other than that I don’t need all the random crap.
Any idea how to get produce direct during the winter?
Join a local csa?
Ill look into it. I wonder if anyone are still getting greens and veggies during the winter. Even if I can get it direct from a farmer out of state.
I'd agree with the local csa. If you have the space and time as the season draws nigh, it's not too late to get ready for growing. This year, we're increasing the size of the garden as we already can, pickle, and ferment; we're also looking into hydro/aquaponics as a year-round solution. Beyond that, we are part of a herd-share for milk and meat - we also support other local farmers that raise pigs, cattle and hens rather than the nasty and inhumane feedlots that plague the country.
EDIT: once you've got the plants producing, many can simply be overwintered to allow you to get them producing faster the subsequent years, or you can add humidity and full-spectrum light to keep them producing (albeit at about half) over the winter.
Yes I’ve been in a csa before, you get winter crops but still great food! Azure standard is good too if it’s in your area
Grow it?
Seriously though, get a printed copy of Elliot Coleman's book "Four Season Harvest" - grow enough storage vegetables through the summer and fall to carry you over to the spring (I'm talking about onions, "winter squash", cabbage, beets, carrots, and potatoes) and build yourself a simple greenhouse or coldframe for greens through the winter... You can even get a clear plastic tote bin and use it like a garden cloche over a pot of spinach during the day and bring it inside at night if you want a super easy (if a bit ghetto) instant solution in even the coldest climates
I need to can some more different things this year. I don't have room for a greenhouse but I could probably get a big enough light setup to keep lettuce going.
Build a greenhouse frame with sapling trees from the woods, wired together (take the bark off) and grow winter hardy heirlooms from Alaska or kale, onions... Use tanks of water to hold geothermal energy to release slowly over the cold nights.
I have a green house made with two long pieces of cattle panel fencing bent into arch shape attached to a wood frame and set on some bricks to make level. Then tarp with UV resistant green house covering it literally cost $250 and is very big.
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