tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post2813007787260805756..comments2024-03-29T07:15:10.864+02:00Comments on Eco Footprint ~ South Africa: New beginnings?Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-16212643621032025032014-01-10T18:30:02.897+02:002014-01-10T18:30:02.897+02:00Harry - seriously, you have touched me very much w...Harry - seriously, you have touched me very much with your kindness and generosity. But I would feel terrible if you spent $80+ on a pressure canner.<br /><br />There are pressure cookers available here (as opposed to pressure CANNERS) - I'm going to see if I can adapt one to suit.<br /><br />Bless you.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-61646860757649649872014-01-10T01:56:47.061+02:002014-01-10T01:56:47.061+02:00Well I will ask at the post office and see what it...Well I will ask at the post office and see what it would cost to send one. It might not be so bad. Also the power doesn't matter, I got confused and was thinking about a crock pot but a pressure cooker doesn't use electricity. Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-72410867064978531532014-01-04T17:35:42.942+02:002014-01-04T17:35:42.942+02:00Nihal - Welcome and thanks for taking the time to ...Nihal - Welcome and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.<br /><br />Well done - I've also grown veggies inside plastic bottles - they work well as mini greenhouses :)<br /><br />A+++ fridge/freezers are available hete, butbthey are wickedly expensive. The fridge and freezer I have use +/ - 180 watts each, but we just don't have that extra 180 watts to spare...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-54473923279079222002014-01-04T17:29:02.849+02:002014-01-04T17:29:02.849+02:00Linda - Oh, how precious :)
Yeah, will let you kn...Linda - Oh, how precious :)<br /><br />Yeah, will let you know...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-17091587000903365902014-01-04T17:25:30.447+02:002014-01-04T17:25:30.447+02:00Kris - Thank you - and all the best to you too. I ...Kris - Thank you - and all the best to you too. I hope this year is a 1000% improvement, health-wise especially, for you.<br /><br />Uhmm - I have a plan up my sleeve, so a proper solar dehydrator is a must ;)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-28342333193214879852014-01-04T17:17:25.558+02:002014-01-04T17:17:25.558+02:00Aww Harry, bless you for the thought - that is so ...Aww Harry, bless you for the thought - that is so very nice of you. :)<br /><br />But I couldn't let you spend that much.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-20081373191166217132014-01-04T10:13:27.081+02:002014-01-04T10:13:27.081+02:00I'll send you a pressure cooker from here if y...I'll send you a pressure cooker from here if you want. The worst that can happen is they throw it away. Do you have a 110 power source, or can you step down 220 if that is what you use there? It can be a present from us to you.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-41588539962432613352014-01-04T09:20:54.572+02:002014-01-04T09:20:54.572+02:00It is very nice to read your experiences in Africa...It is very nice to read your experiences in Africa. We are living in Tanzania for about 6 months now and I still cannot get used to many things and adjusting proves difficult. We rent a house on a sharing compound with paving so we settle to grow inside plastic bottles -great recycling value! I will look forward that solar dehydrator thingy would love to preserve tomatoes and such in a way that nihalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754535168970492697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-3093140069063313492014-01-03T23:57:05.230+02:002014-01-03T23:57:05.230+02:00Hi dani, the flowers are so pretty! We often have ...Hi dani, the flowers are so pretty! We often have hodgepodge arrangements of flowers, thanks to two little girls who just love picking them, and they are often prettier than those I carefully select and arrange. I'm looking forward to watching your solar dryer efforts!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975556587020883049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-17257315646935196142014-01-03T23:20:01.330+02:002014-01-03T23:20:01.330+02:00My aunt and uncle live in the south (Arkansas) and...My aunt and uncle live in the south (Arkansas) and many many years ago they dried all their fruit (peaches, berries, even tomatoes, etc.) by halving them and set them on their metal roofs (covered with net). Pretty straightforward. There's lots to be said about lots of sun and frequent breezes. Heck, I've dried stuff on old screen doors (well washed) a couple of years ago and they Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822528453563683772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-14980126386953883852014-01-03T10:15:38.500+02:002014-01-03T10:15:38.500+02:00Diana - Yeah, definitely tomatoes for one LOL But...Diana - Yeah, definitely tomatoes for one LOL But, the sundried one's that I have bought in the past have been refrigerated... I don't have the fridge space...<br /><br />Fruit - oh yeah!!<br /><br />Thank - I wish the same to you too. Perhaps this is the year you will be able to transition from EEPB to EEFB?Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-35196810037626761832014-01-03T10:12:22.572+02:002014-01-03T10:12:22.572+02:00Rae & Dino - RMan and I wish the same to both ...Rae & Dino - RMan and I wish the same to both of you, too. I agree - if you can finally find a buyer for your wonderful farm then perhaps we will finally meet... ;)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-58425028456731541822014-01-02T20:55:07.346+02:002014-01-02T20:55:07.346+02:00what do you plan to sundry? Fruit, tomatoes? If I ...what do you plan to sundry? Fruit, tomatoes? If I buy sundried tomatoes, they are sold dry, not in oil. Would use a LOT of oil.<br />Wish you a good year ahead. Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-14211624755978664272014-01-02T19:24:20.493+02:002014-01-02T19:24:20.493+02:00Hi Dani, just want to wish you and your family a v...Hi Dani, just want to wish you and your family a very Happy New Year from both Rae and I and we hope that you have a marvelously productive and happy year ahead of you! Maybe this will be the year that we finally get to meet each other :)African Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689794590152590509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-18612548874352309892014-01-02T15:17:21.932+02:002014-01-02T15:17:21.932+02:00Harry - I have the jars and lids, and have done wa...Harry - I have the jars and lids, and have done water bath preserving, But pressure canning is what I've never been able to do.<br /><br />The company that sent me the mosquito / fly net labelled it as "gift", but even that didn't help. Customs demanded an invoice... :( <br /><br />Sounds like the RSA customs and Israels' are in cahoots?!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-6773155687846665632014-01-02T15:15:15.034+02:002014-01-02T15:15:15.034+02:00Marlene - Never mind Escoms prices, we have to con...Marlene - Never mind Escoms prices, we have to consider the power we have produced with our panels.<br /><br />Yeah - I've thought about that, but the flies, and dust, here are something else. So, I'd prefer a closed dyer. Once you've put your tomatoes in oil, don't they have to be refrigerated...?Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-50960927283732538982014-01-02T15:13:20.560+02:002014-01-02T15:13:20.560+02:00dreamer - It's been on my wish list for quite ...dreamer - It's been on my wish list for quite some time - since last summer / autumn in fact...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-44473225582693541692014-01-02T15:12:22.324+02:002014-01-02T15:12:22.324+02:00Vicki - I'm waiting for the solar dehydrator t...Vicki - I'm waiting for the solar dehydrator too,,, LOLOL<br /><br />Thank you - I wish you a brilliant 2014 too :)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-45287256657685873682014-01-02T13:57:20.287+02:002014-01-02T13:57:20.287+02:00You can't buy a canner in South Africa? But ev...You can't buy a canner in South Africa? But even if you had one, you'd need jar,s lids, etc. They sell all that in our Walmart. Can you have one as a gift or would they still charge you duties? I sent a friend in Israel some peanuts, we like boiled peanuts here and she had never had any. So I bought a big can. But the Israelis wouldn't let it into the country at first because they Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-67168653445133540692014-01-02T12:52:23.410+02:002014-01-02T12:52:23.410+02:00Dani, as electricity is quite expensive here in de...Dani, as electricity is quite expensive here in dear old RSA, I often just use the sun. For instance, when I have an abundance of tomatoes, I wash, cut them open, salt, pepper, maybe a bit of thyme, leave them in the oven for just a small while (or 1 hr for many trays) and then I just leave them outside in the sun (covered off course) until they are totally dried out. Then I put them in Marlene aka Ouma Miaauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302454364030697158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-2082108201425865732014-01-01T21:08:36.277+02:002014-01-01T21:08:36.277+02:00I have a solar dehydrator on my wish list, it keep...I have a solar dehydrator on my wish list, it keeps being moved down the list as with our limited summers and usual lack of sunshine it isn't seen as priority. I'd still love one though :) dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569512066931951883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-43383936104183114132014-01-01T18:02:14.039+02:002014-01-01T18:02:14.039+02:00Dani, I really enjoy reading about your life in So...Dani, I really enjoy reading about your life in South Africa. The differences in our life styles make me realize just how spoiled we in the States have become. I admire the way you find solutions like the solar dehydrator, and am looking forward to seeing how that works for you. I wish for you the happiest of New Years and that it will be a really good one for you and your family.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.com