Devine Lu Linvega
Not having a refrigerator, we've ran out of fresh vegetables many weeks ago, but we've managed to eat well by sprouting fresh microgreens and eating through the pickled vegetables we made over the winter. We have a month or two worth of pickled cauliflower, and a year's worth of legumes to sprout. By the fall, I should be able to gather soy, lentils, fenugreek seeds and mung beans from the various gardens we planted. 10 comments
4aminifera
@neauoire this is the kind of thing i love to read about and to know it can be done, but it also terrifies me and stops me from doing what you’re doing (that and also living with a 6 year old cat who would hate living on a boat). do you have a schedule on how often you have fresh food stops on land or do you go by the flow of your cravings? or something else?
Devine Lu Linvega
@4aminifera cats seems to be doing fine on boats btw, we've encountered many boat cats who were thrilled, at least seemed thrilled, it's hard to say with cats.. We don't have a schedule, we're still trying to figure out ways to extend our periods without re-supplying. I think once we run out of coffee, we'll hurry back.
4aminifera
@neauoire some cats do indeed… we tried a few times on 25 mins urban transport boat rides, she passionately hated them and furiously expressed it. so i stopped torturing her. meanwhile caffeine shortages drives most of our schedules. makes sense :) 
nomand
@neauoire @4aminifera I've quit coffee 3 months ago and never felt better. Coffee prevents absorption of vitamin C and iron.
gef
@neauoire as far as sprouting goes, what plants would create the most seed to re-sprout. When I grew tobacco each plant made thousands of seed, now if they were edible that would be quite a nice producer of seed. But a lot of seed I use to sprout wouldn't create a lot of seeds back, like legumes for instance... |
Gregory's Server
@neauoire thats really cool, have you been planting out there in the wilderness?