We don’t think much about preserving the harvest these days.

If we need fresh food, we go to the grocery store.

If we need it to keep for a little while, we put it in the refrigerator.

The truth is, we’ve lost the art of food preservation… real preservation that can retain the food’s nutrients and living enzymes in their raw, natural state — without even using electricity to do it.

One way is literally bury the refrigerator — an old one that doesn’t work anymore.

Here’s how:

1. Bury the fridge door-side-up until there are only a few inches showing above the ground.
2. Pick your best root vegetables from the garden, dust off the soil, and cut leafy tops to about 1 ½ inches.
3. Lay an inch of clean sand in the bottom of buried refrigerator, then layer vegetables spaced apart and cover with another inch of sand.
4. Keep layering until the fridge is full.

Voila! Instant root cellar

Here’s another idea… To preserve tomatoes, pick them when they’re green, wrap each one in paper, and keep them in a cool, dark room. Bring them out to ripen as you need them. They’ll keep in the paper for three months!

Blueberries can be preserved easily, too. Just put them on a tray and cover them with a mesh (to protect from insects). Leave them out and they’ll dry within a week.

There ya go! Three easy ways to preserve the harvest — no modern technology required.

Source http://ampm.hacres.com/index.php/health-news/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=link&utm_content=2011-10-13&utm_campaign=weekly-theme&utm_term=secret-cta