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Sharon Kane added a blog post

Lacto Fermented Fruit Drink

August 17

Sharon Kane and Stephanie Brown are now friends

July 30

Sharon Kane joined Chris Bocchino's group

Wild Edible Hunters

DIscussion group for people who hunt wild edibles.

June 23

Sharon Kane joined Mare Cromwell's group

Sacred Gardening

For all interested in the Sacred aspects of gardening, regardless of your beliefs or religion or spirituality.. come join us to share thoughts on how gardening helps heal and connect us with spirit and our inner spirit truth...

June 23

Sharon Kane commented on Katherine Turcotte's group 'Backyard Kitchen Herbalists'

Pamela, no problem about the "toe", just wasn't sure what he meant, is toe good or bad? anyway, which kefir will you be trying, milk or water?

June 23

Sharon Kane commented on Katherine Turcotte's group 'Backyard Kitchen Herbalists'

Hi Pamela, I hope you try the kombucha and BTW, kefir is a wonderful culture, too! It takes a little time to make a batch but after that there's nothing to remember until it's time to replenish. You might actually write down in your calendar when ...

June 23

Sharon Kane commented on Katherine Turcotte's group 'Backyard Kitchen Herbalists'

Yes, Penelope, these are a lot of words for a very simple drink...:-)

June 10

Sharon Kane commented on Gary Gill's group 'Pickling and Kimchi Club'

Adding freshly chopped onions will keep the cucumber pickles crunchy. Good Luck!

June 10

Sharon Kane commented on Katherine Turcotte's group 'Backyard Kitchen Herbalists'

HI All, I have posted the Kombucha recipe below. Kombucha Tea is a fermented drink made with water, tea, sugar and a kombucha culture. It strengthens the immune and digestive system. It is drunk in small amounts, 2-4 ounces at a time. I purchased ...

June 10

Sharon Kane commented on Katherine Turcotte's group 'Backyard Kitchen Herbalists'

Hi! I'm new to this wonderful site! I grow and use lemon balm and raspberry leaves to make a fermented drink called "Kombucha Tea". The fermenting process fosters probiotics and enzymes in the drink which strengthens the immune system. I use the l...

June 8

Sharon Kane joined Katherine Turcotte's group

Backyard Kitchen Herbalists

I would like this group to focus on kitchen herb gardens, be they culinary or medicinal. What do you grow, what do you use it for, do you make any medicinal products from your herbs?

June 6

Sharon Kane joined Gary Gill's group

Pickling and Kimchi Club

All things to do with preserving vegetables using a brining process or fermentation.

June 6

Sharon Kane joined Michelle W. Flannery's group

Root Cellars and Food Storage

For those who have root cellars, want root cellars, and want to know more about root cellars; and for those who want to know the various methods in which to store and preserve their harvests.

June 6

Sharon Kane joined Angie Knost's group

Preserving the Harvest

We will focus this group on different methods of preservation. Canning, drying and freezing are common, but do you preserve your harvest by some other methods? I hope that we can share methods and techniques in this group. Please share pictures!

June 6

Sharon Kane is now a member of Kitchen Gardeners

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June 6

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Where do you live and garden?: Eastern Massachusetts

How long have you been growing food?: 4-10 years

Dream garden travel destination:: Japan during cherry blossom time

Favorite foods:: my own lacto fermented sauerkraut

Sharon Kane's Blog

Lacto Fermented Fruit Drink

This is a good recipe for when you have an abundance of fresh fruit that you know will spoil before you can use it all. When the drink is ready you will strain the batch, discard the fruit and drink the juice. It will be bubbly!

10 plums
10 peaches
1 tsp sea salt
1 squirt agave (optional)
1 quart Water kefir (excluding water kefir grains)*see recipe below for water kefir
Leaf layer (this is about 3-4 leaves layered top of the fruit to keep it sumberged under the liquid. You can use swiss chard… Continue

Posted on August 17, 2009 at 10:14am —

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At 3:51pm on June 11, 2009, JC said…: Thanks for the advice. I hope your garden is doing well!
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Martha Hill replied to Janet Hoshel's discussion 'Vert Slightly sweet sauerkraut ????'

Thank you for the email addy !! I am always looking for variations on the food I preserve !! Let us know how yours turns out !! You can`t have too many recipes you know !! I don`t think that I would add sugar till after the brining process !! It c...

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Maggie commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'

Wow, they are good sized plots. I wish we had allotment areas here in Adelaide. Do you get to know the other allotment gardeners?. We have almost finished our composting, pruning back, seed saving and planting out of our seedlings. With a small ga...

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Glenn Fletcher commented on Glenn Fletcher's photo 'My Allotment'

Hi Kathryn This image is a screenshot from Google Earth. The only drawback with Google Earth is that you cannot zoom in as close as you would like. I have a greenhouse in the bottom right and a shed and covered compost bin at top right. A lot of t...

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Glenn Fletcher commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

Hi Salma I am lucky in that my allotment is only a short bicycle ride from my house. Some people in larger cities like London have to travel to theirs in a car. It is interesting to find out from you just how things are in your country. I think as...

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Bea Kunz replied to Roger's discussion 'Press inquiry: Women gardeners feeding the hungry'

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Salma Kamal commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

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Salma Kamal commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

Glenn!British allotment system is quite interesting. It should be initiated here in Pakistan. Is this alloted land close to your home? I mean you have to travel to your home kitchen garden to fetch your vegetables ??

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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

........So the story is that this land is under the unlawful use of big wigs.No body dares to touch them.As they are usually in govt.or are the relatives of those in power.That is why I was telling Salma,problem is not simple.It is so intricate,it...

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amna mufti commented on Salma Kamal's blog post 'Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.'

Glenn! we also have the same allotment system.In which about 550 square feet ,(if I am not mistaken) or so is alloted to a family to grow fuel wood on it .Govt. only plants the trees and then the family looks it aftern grow what everthey want alon...

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