[NOTE: This is a new re-publish of a diary originally appearing in March of 2010. Hopefully by creating a new post, it can be offered by the Living Simply group and accept comments. DK4 Experimentation!]
I got some requests to write this diary from responses to a post about how wise we'd all be to grow as much food as we can and preserve it. I mentioned building a solar dryer last spring, and how it tripled the amount of food I was able to preserve (and my family to eat) from my beloved garden that grows the great weeds. If there is interest, I could do more diaries on such things, since it's really not that hard to grow food, preserve it, and make fine dishes with what you've provided for yourself.
I was searching through 'net-land last winter when I came across a site with plans for a home-made solar dryer. It was big-harvest large, but I quickly understood that I could make one myself with what we have here on my place. Basic components are a window, a box, a screen, a rack, and a piece of tin roofing.
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