Re: Food Dehydrators
Microfarmer -- sun drying would take at least a week here too. We have a partial marine layer that moves in at night so I'd have to deal with that. There are also rats, skunks, and jays about which normally eat out of the compost pile -- apparently the tree-fruit is not ripe enough for them. I'm currently drying 100 sq. ft. per week in the dehydrator and canning the majority of the harvest in preserves, but next year I'd like to start drying half the harvest, which would require 500 sq. ft. of space per week.
Island Cassie -- decades ago I designed and built home energy systems for persons living beyond a stable power supply -- as I did. I commiserate with your situation!
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