When Joyce Fendler was growing up in the South Australian Mallee, her grandfather was in charge of the family vegetable garden, producing ‘food by the wheelbarrow load’ despite the challenges of hot summers, frosty winters, fragile sandy soils and unreliable rainfall.
With help from the family, Joyce’s mother would preserve as much as she could, making dozens of jars of sauerkraut, pickles, sauces, jams and bottled fruit. Sh