tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post3319958415693630188..comments2024-03-27T07:59:25.142+02:00Comments on Eco Footprint ~ South Africa: My (shadecloth) veggie patch harvest: part 2Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-17645264760946406262012-08-07T07:33:26.545+02:002012-08-07T07:33:26.545+02:00Andre - Welcome - thanks for hitting the follow bu...Andre - Welcome - thanks for hitting the follow button. Please let me have your e-mail address and I'll give you the info :)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-20119508870512000362012-08-06T21:44:55.683+02:002012-08-06T21:44:55.683+02:00Hi Dani
Please can you tell me where you bought y...Hi Dani<br /><br />Please can you tell me where you bought your Solar oven?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-71346272017578285292012-02-20T08:30:28.476+02:002012-02-20T08:30:28.476+02:00Sorry Frann - I normally give the common word - I ...Sorry Frann - I normally give the common word - I didn't this time. They are very yummy!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-25306162246181137612012-02-19T20:00:46.329+02:002012-02-19T20:00:46.329+02:00I had to do a search to find out what aubergine wa...I had to do a search to find out what aubergine was. It all looks so yummy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-85694338130884644132012-02-19T08:31:28.579+02:002012-02-19T08:31:28.579+02:00Ms Belinda - Thanks - I, too feel very grateful. ...Ms Belinda - Thanks - I, too feel very grateful. It could've all gone so horribly wrong, and instead I have all these absolutely wonderful vegetables.<br /><br />I was like you - all it takes is some investigation, reading up, very welcome advice from fellow gardeners. Why not try growing just one tomato plant - you'll feel so rewarded when you harvest it's fruit and can eat it in aDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-77590341328395754252012-02-19T08:08:43.388+02:002012-02-19T08:08:43.388+02:00I'm with Gill - That British Woman, I feel ina...I'm with Gill - That British Woman, I feel inadequate because at least she can make pasta sauce but I can't make anything :(<br /><br />I so admire all the hard work you put into your garden and are now reaping the fruits of your labor. I can not believe how many tomatoes you harvested.<br /><br />You are a real inspiration!MsBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035993834877022676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-65872655643801072962012-02-19T07:48:04.039+02:002012-02-19T07:48:04.039+02:00EB - My first solar oven was a SunStove, but I fou...EB - My first solar oven was a SunStove, but I found the temperature didn't reach higher than a max of 1005oC, which was very limiting.<br /><br />You lucky girl - I would've loved to be involved with that test!Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-16310071856487196372012-02-19T07:43:53.842+02:002012-02-19T07:43:53.842+02:00Gill - LOL - tomatoes are my very best fruit - cou...Gill - LOL - tomatoes are my very best fruit - couldn't imagine a day without them...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-32360796761896330382012-02-19T07:42:24.487+02:002012-02-19T07:42:24.487+02:00Jane - Yeah - You've got me on the re-using of...Jane - Yeah - You've got me on the re-using of the two jar lids and the two bottles. Although I thoroughly sterilized them, and their lids, I was naughty...<br /><br />But, with the head space, those particular jars were (as per the recipe) filled to the absolute brim when they went into the solar oven - the tomatoes "collapsed" during the cooking process thus sinking down to 6/Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-55779878137010144322012-02-19T04:33:09.535+02:002012-02-19T04:33:09.535+02:00Hi Dani
I worked on the solar cooker pilot where t...Hi Dani<br />I worked on the solar cooker pilot where the German government paid millions to test eight German models of solar cooker and let us throw one SA model in. We did user testing for two years in Huhudi, Onseepkans and Barley West (ie. where its hot enough to fry an egg on your head) and surprise, surprise, the SA model came up trumps!! The SunStove then went into commercial productionEnergiser Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017705741027153101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-67034907333822098252012-02-19T03:17:42.902+02:002012-02-19T03:17:42.902+02:00I feel very inadequate as other than eating tomato...I feel very inadequate as other than eating tomatoes, all I make with mine is pasta sauce..........<br /><br />Gill in CanadaGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-62129336324092093252012-02-19T00:50:36.311+02:002012-02-19T00:50:36.311+02:00I agree with Mr H., if our Department of Agricultu...I agree with Mr H., if our Department of Agriculture saw you reusing those types of jars and lids, not to mention that much head space left in the jar, they would flip :) We have very specific rules here for preserving. Some are good, some are ridiculous. Just be careful because you can not taste or smell some of the deadliest bacteria that can survive in preserved jars.Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-35555859536594881642012-02-18T20:35:02.059+02:002012-02-18T20:35:02.059+02:00Tami - Thanks - I switched back to the old Blogger...Tami - Thanks - I switched back to the old Blogger and disabled word verification. Cool - thanks again :)<br /><br />If you have the weather, go for it. I've never regretted buying my solar oven - not once :) Not sure if my "canning" is legal in the US but it certainly works for me. As a test I kept one of my solar bottled (cocktail) tomatoes from last year - and it's still Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-36598327189644489912012-02-18T19:40:06.223+02:002012-02-18T19:40:06.223+02:00You know... I passed a garden last summer and saw ...You know... I passed a garden last summer and saw T-posts in a tomato patch strung along the top with heavy cords. I wonder if they supported theirs the same way you suggest. I think I'll give it a go this summer! BTW I thought about buying a solar oven just to do the canning outside and keep it cool inside! I've never tried drying tomatoes. (add to list)<br /><br />PS...I posted &Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597093453934852571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-86844227544881561642012-02-18T18:13:29.625+02:002012-02-18T18:13:29.625+02:00Mrs Mac - LOL - you're too kind. I AM off the...Mrs Mac - LOL - you're too kind. I AM off the wall, but as you say, if I'm forging ahead of the pack with regards to solar preserving, then so be it - someone has to do it...<br /><br />I will ALWAYS share what I try / learn - otherwise, what is the point? And, if it doesn't work, well, you'll all be the first to know.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-49313760891128491602012-02-18T17:31:51.385+02:002012-02-18T17:31:51.385+02:00Your solar oven is so intriguing. You not normal?...Your solar oven is so intriguing. You not normal? ;) Why you're just writing life as you live it! The best way to live .. blazing ahead of the pack with energy saving ways. Keep on inspiring the pack following behind :)Mrs. Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644129213141875138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-67918479182398260252012-02-18T17:12:13.473+02:002012-02-18T17:12:13.473+02:00Mr H - I'd love to know how you bottle your sa...Mr H - I'd love to know how you bottle your sauce :)<br /><br />Please, don't take me as normal - others in South Africa probably use the same method (pressure canning?) as you. I'm just bumbling along using my solar oven, but it seems to work, so why change...? :)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-41698027167065488492012-02-18T16:42:44.442+02:002012-02-18T16:42:44.442+02:00Looks like you have had a wonderfuly seccessful ha...Looks like you have had a wonderfuly seccessful harvest and I enjoyed seeing how you are preserving your tomatoes. We bottle our sauce differently in the U.S. so it is always fascinating for me to see how people outside this country do it.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-75910971877647503912012-02-18T15:17:01.814+02:002012-02-18T15:17:01.814+02:00Sue - Super simple it is - at least for me. Cages...Sue - Super simple it is - at least for me. Cages would also be lovely, though... Especially if you can cover them with tarps for your weather.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-12882503518005483442012-02-18T15:15:46.980+02:002012-02-18T15:15:46.980+02:00Teach - LOL, I'll need to find a recipe for to...Teach - LOL, I'll need to find a recipe for tomato jam...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-36570804246084169352012-02-18T14:39:36.029+02:002012-02-18T14:39:36.029+02:00I've read of folks trying string to support to...I've read of folks trying string to support tomatoes and always wondered if it turned out. Sounds super simpe.<br />I might try that on one. I generally have to use HUGE cage-type trellisses because of our cold summer temps--easy to put up tarps to protect the plant.....but near the house this just may work. Thanks!<br />:)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-83514058129896388282012-02-18T11:11:13.183+02:002012-02-18T11:11:13.183+02:00Wow, that tomato cook-up looks fabulous! Next time...Wow, that tomato cook-up looks fabulous! Next time....tomato jam!Mad dog and Englishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767756978798658041noreply@blogger.com