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04.of 05 phases

Process
the Harvest.

Transformation. Ferment, extract, cure, smoke. Twelve-day curves, salt equilibrium, mold reference — preserve everything.

Phase04 / 05Preservation
Volumes3HC·10 → HC·12
Total pages360120 / vol
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Phase Four is the homestead's most-skipped phase, and the most expensive to skip. The harvest is finite. What you don't preserve, ferment, extract, or cure is what you'll buy back at retail in February.

The Culture Archive logs sauerkraut, kombucha, sourdough. Plant Apothecary moves leaves to bottles. Smoke & Salt covers dry curing and the salt-equilibrium math that makes it safe.

Three transformations: microbial, solvent, salt. Together they extend the harvest from weeks to years.

All three phase-four outputs land in Phase Five's pantry. Without process, there is no pantry to steward.

Each ledger feeds the next. Last season's outputs become this season's inputs — the system compounds across years, not weeks.

From · Volume Relation Medium To · Volume
From · HC·10The Culture Archive
→ stocks →
Jars · 12-day curve
To · HC·13The Harvest Vault
From · HC·11Plant Apothecary
→ stocks →
Tinctures · oils
To · HC·13The Harvest Vault
From · HC·12Smoke & Salt
→ stocks →
Cures · charcuterie
To · HC·13The Harvest Vault

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