It's not glamorous – all the food left in our winter root cellar. The cabbage leaves have long gone a bit grey and moldy. The leeks are now spotted and slightly shriveled. The onions and garlic are desperate to sprout green shoots towards the heavens instead of stay in the dormant slumber where they belong. Jars of once beautiful sauerkraut are now half-eaten and tucked into the far corners of the refrigerator.
It is, my friends, the end of the winter season.
Just because these things are true of our food storage (and they are) there is still much to consume before the new crops begin coming out of the garden. It will be months still until we see harvests that can actually sustain us in any kind of meaningful way.
Thank God my family thrives on animal products. No pictured here: the eggs, raw milk, and loads of red meat we eat on the daily.
Anyway – I hope you enjoy exploring the food left in our winter root cellar! Taking notes for next years garden already…
This is a great video Shaye! It’s very reasonable/logical. So often things are portrayed to be “always pretty.” As you stated, things can look a little less than appetizing this time of year. Also the fact that you know and are figuring out how much your family will eat is so valuable. So many don’t have a clue.
One last bit, I don’t know about butternut, but we like delicatas sliced thin and fried in coconut oil then salted like french fries. 🙂 Might be worth an experiment since you have some to spare.