The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast 1KHO 695: Relearning What Ordinary People Used to Know | Staci and Jeremy Hill, The Preserver's Garden
Jan 30, 2026
Jeremy Hill, farmer and co-founder of Gooseberry Bridge Farm, shares practical farming and preservation systems. Staci Hill, farmer, photographer, and co-founder, brings seasonal living and involving children in farm work. They discuss relearning lost everyday skills, pantry-as-utility not fear, freeze-drying vs canning, hands-on homeschooling through farm tasks, and building soil and resilient family rhythms.
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Turn Food Work Into Learning
- Involve children in real food work to teach math, biology, and responsibility through chores and harvests.
- Use gardening and preserving as hands-on curriculum instead of purely classroom lessons.
Layer Work Across Seasons
- Do the bulk of preservation in summer so winter meals are quick and use minimal prep.
- Prepare and preserve small amounts year-round to avoid overwhelming one harvest window.
Freeze-Drying Changed Home Preserving
- Home freeze-dryers entered the personal market in the last decade and changed what families can preserve.
- Freeze-drying lets them store produce varieties that can't be canned economically or safely.
