In honor of Earth Day we had soup last night and used mostly things we have grown and stored here. P wanted potato soup but, alas, we finished the potatoes a couple of weeks ago. She will have to wait until late summer for potato soup. But, when we do have it again it will be a treat. Most of the foods in last night's soup have no miles on them.Our onions and carrots have been stored in our unheated basement since last fall. The carrots have been in five gallon buckets of moist sand. We just pull them out as we need them. They have started to sprout a little in the dark but are as moist as ever. The onions have been stored in mesh bags or old panty hose. They are also starting to sprout but are still quite firm.
I added some chicken broth and green beans from the freezer and canned tomatoes from the cupboard.I added a few not from our garden ingredients (beef, barley, and celery) to finish it off but I think we did pretty well to keep it local.
We are well on our way to replenish the food in storage. Our onion plants are in the ground and the carrots have been planted. We already have pea and radish sprouts. I think we will plant the potatoes this weekend.
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