Preparing & Storing Food
Wine
Photo by Jill Wellington: Planting and caring for wine plants, also known as grapevines, in arid Southern Africa can be a rewarding…
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Preparing & Storing Food
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Preparing & Storing Food
Fermenting
Photo by Ingrid Beck: Fermenting is a cool and natural process that transforms food by using helpful microorganisms like bacteria and yeast.…
Preparing & Storing Food
Preserving food in a sustainable way
Source: Amazon.com. Preserving food in a sustainable way is not only good for the environment but also helps reduce single-use plastic waste.…
Garden
Growing tomatoes in Namibia: planting to harvest and storage
Grow tomatoes at a scale you can water, support and harvest consistently. This guide follows the crop from variety choice and planting through pruning, pest checks, ripen…
Pests & protection
Rodents around gardens and food stores: reduce access and losses
Rodent problems often connect several places: a feed store, rubbish area, chicken enclosure and vegetable bed.
Infrastructure
Solar cooking: match the cooker to the meal and the weather
Solar cooking uses sunlight as a heat source.
Infrastructure
Rocket stoves: choose a practical cooker and measure the fuel saved
A well-designed rocket stove directs heat from a small wood fire toward a cooking pot. It can make everyday cooking more economical, but performance depends on the stove,…
Natural Building
Outdoor pizza and bread ovens: plan a useful shared cooking space
An outdoor oven can turn garden produce into shared meals and support a small baking activity. The useful question is not only how to build a dome, but whether the oven w…
Infrastructure
Solar food drying: preserve a harvest with a controlled process
A solar dryer uses the sun and moving air to remove moisture from food. It can help preserve seasonal surplus, but a warm box is not automatically a safe drying process.…
Business Ideas
Small grain mills: choose equipment for the grain and the job
A small mill can save time and turn local grain into useful food. The right choice depends on the grain, desired flour, daily quantity, power supply and ability to mainta…
Preparing & Storing Food
Milk hygiene and pasteurisation: understand what a test can tell you
Clean milking and careful handling matter, but they do not make raw milk reliably safe to drink. Pasteurisation is a separate protective step, and milk still needs approp…
Business Ideas
Buying honey: traceability matters more than kitchen purity tests
Colour, thickness and crystallisation vary between honeys. None is a dependable home test for adulteration. If you want confidence in a product, start with the producer,…
Preparing & Storing Food
Green tomato pickles: preserve the family flavour safely
Green tomatoes can become a useful pickle when the harvest ends before every fruit ripens. For jars intended to stand on a shelf, the recipe and processing method are a f…
Preparing & Storing Food
Tomato harvest: sort, ripen and store with less waste
The easiest storage improvement may be to separate tomatoes by condition and ripeness immediately after harvest. A damaged ripe fruit and a sound mature green fruit need…
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