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Dehydrating over summer
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Dehydrating over summer
The wood stove was our dehydrator for months but now that it’s warmer, I got onto the local buy and sell and free FB groups and managed a free dehydrator (that didn’t work) and another dehydrator for $15 but both turned out to be jerky dehydrators that would run way too hot for what I needed anyway.
Yesterday, I tuned them into hanging air dryers using a picture from the internet as inspiration. I bring them in at night and hang them out during the day. I’ve got violet leaves in one and dandelion in the other.
I did buy a used Nesco that I use for eggs and it works great, but I can see how much my electric bill is going to go up with that so I won’t likely use it to dry greens. Especially since I’m trying to fill half gallon jars with dried greens to add to soups and cooked dishes next winter. In two days, the greens are about half dried.
How do you all dehydrate over summer?
I also just found an Instructable for the yellow one (their picture). There are a lot of ways to make your own sun/air drying racks on the web. I’m going to need more racks so I can make more.
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