Fermentation & the Winter Pantry

De Boomgaard · Wellen, Belgium

A weekend turning the orchard's glut into a year of flavour: kraut, kimchi, wild sodas, and fruit preserves to carry the season home.

Ferment kraut, kimchi, and a wild soda from scratchPreserve the orchard harvest into the winter pantryLeave with jars you made and the confidence to refill them

What you'll learn

Run a safe lacto-fermentation from start to finish
Read a ferment by taste, smell, and bubble
Stock a winter larder from a seasonal glut

What the land gains

A season's surplus preserved instead of wasted
The farmhouse pantry restocked for the year

The host site

De Boomgaard

A biodynamic farm and old orchard in Flanders

A biodynamic farm built around a century-old fruit orchard and a small herd of dairy cows. The rhythms here follow the season and the soil, and the farmhouse kitchen turns milk and fruit into something lasting.

Your teacher

Saoirse Byrne

Wild fermenter & food preserver

4.9 · 44 reviews · 7 yrs teaching