Mike Bubel

Following right on from Nancy Bubel's book on how to start seeds, this book tells you what to do at harvest. I was pleasantly surprised that it doesn't confine itself to providing information about building underground structures for food storage. It also talks about how to harvest crops (e.g., leave a bit of stem on the squash to protect against rot, and if you miss the boat on that on, melted beeswax to cover the scar will help), how to cure crops, how to use food from storage (including the dilemma of best food first or about-to-spoil food first?), and much more. And the actual root cellars are amazing, unusual, and innovative too.… (mehr)