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Would you rather have all your harvest double in number or double the time before it spoils?

 
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Would you rather have all your harvest magically double in number or double the time before it spoils?
 
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This was hard, because I frequently get behind on preserving... but I think overall I would go with double the number.
 
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I'm always behind. I'll take stays fresh longer
 
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This one really IS hard! But... I think I'll go with double the fresh time, too. I'm always behind.
 
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Considering that a half bucket of Italian Prune plums went bad before I got to them (3 buckets to start with - made several recipes) and now have to face a couple of bins of pears, I'd go for double the time for sure!
 
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Wow!  In the present year, double the time. But this has been a very strange gardening year.   I have had either a bumper crop or zero.  Well, 2x0 =0.
And I don’t need double what I already have lots of.  I suspect in other years, I would want to double the number.
 
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