Articles: preserving
How to Make Whole Fruit Jam
This tried-and-true jam recipe relies on the natural sugars in fruit to provide a balanced flavor and sweetness that can’t be beat.
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Reaping the Harvest: Tips for Harvesting and Preserving
Tending to your garden is fulfilling in its own way, but the real reward is when everything is ready to be harvested! See below for some tips for…
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Ginger Carrots for a Healthy Gut
Looking for something to munch on that’s both tasty and good for you? These ginger carrots are a healthy snack that are easy to make at home!…
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How to Preserve Seasonings: Herbs Today, Preserves Tomorrow
What do you do when you have bunches of herbs reaching maturity at the same time? Preserve them! Preserving herbs for seasonings involves traditional techniques that…
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Preserving Veggies: Tips for Freezing Vegetables
Try your hand at preserving veggies by freezing them! Freezing vegetables is a quick, simple way to preserve them to enjoy all year long. The following is…
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Autumn is Calling! Cilantro and Pumpkin Seed Pesto
With fall in full swing, you likely have plenty of leftover pumpkin seeds to spare. Make the most of your bounty with this Cilantro and Pumpkin Seed…
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Three Recipes for Dried Tomatoes
As gardening season comes to an end, you’re probably wondering what to do with all the veggies you grew over the summer. Well, now’s the perfect time…
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Move Over Squirrels, It’s Acorn Harvesting Time!
Think neighborhood squirrels are the only ones who can benefit from the abundance of acorns in the fall? Think again. These small fruits, which are completely edible for…
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Dilly Beans: Voted The “Best Snack Ever”
For those who love fermented foods, we now welcome you into the wonderful world of dilly beans. There’s nothing quite like a dilly bean. Whether they’re next…
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How to Preserve Food Without Nutrient Loss
Want to get the most out of your harvest? Preserve food to keep your fruits and veggies fresh for weeks to come! Methods of food preservation like…
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Unique Pickling Ideas: We Can Pickle That!
Pickling goes far beyond turning cucumbers into sour or sweet sides for your sandwich or putting up your beans and beets. To show you what we mean,…
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Drying Prune Plums (Plus Figs, Apricots, Peaches and Nectarines)
Learn the ropes on drying prune plums and other fruits! Whether you’re a pro at preserving or you’ve never tried it out before, anyone can make these…
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Easy-to-Make Drying Trays
Looking for a new way to enjoy the benefits of your garden all year long? Follow this easy tutorial for making drying trays to expand the lifespan of…
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Lacto-Fermenting: A Faster Way to Ferment Vegetables
Looking for a faster way to ferment your vegetables? Lacto-fermenting, a fermentation method widely used in Japan, involves a special glass or plastic container that has a device…
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Preserving Vegetables in Salt: Whole Tomatoes
Buying fresh produce feels like a waiting game — if you blink, your food will go from ripe to rotten all too soon. Beat this game by preserving…
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Tips & Tricks for Harvesting and Drying Herbs
Harvesting and drying herbs correctly is a very important part of the process when it comes to making your own medicinals. Every step plays a crucial role…
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How to Make Persimmon Vinegar
Sandor Katz is known for using his writing to readers along with him as he revisits special places, people, and foods. The excerpt below highlights his journey with…
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Raw Fermentation: How to Make Apple Scraps Vinegar
The vinegar used in a dish can make or break the flavor altogether. With this simple raw fermentation recipe for apple scraps vinegar, you’ll have all the…
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How to Preserve Olive Fruit Leather in 5 Easy Steps
Autumn olives are quite the berry. No added sugar is required! Give it a try and keep some delicious and nourishing olive fruit leather on hand for…
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Fermenting Apples for Cider
Fermenting apples is a key component of the cider making process. Along with all of the different strategies that go into fermenting apples, there are also traditional…
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4 Dried Tomato Recipes to Enjoy the Harvest Year Round
Have an overabundance of tomatoes? No problem. Preserve your summer harvest and enjoy the taste of the season all year long with these dried tomato recipes! For more…
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4 Ways to Preserve Your Green Bean Bounty
Harvest season is finally here! If you’re anything like us, you’ve got green beans up the wazoo around this time of year. If you’re looking for a…
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The Promise of Purslane & Salt-Pickled Recipe
Are you quick to grab a shovel at the mere mention of purslane for fear it will overrun your garden? If you nodded your head “yes,” might…
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Dried Apples: Two Ways to Enjoy All Year Long
Autumn is undeniably apple season, but how do you take your apples after you can’t get them straight from the tree? Instead of buying mealy apples from…
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RECIPE: It’s The Perfect Time For Rosehip Jam
All good things must come to an end– and that includes warm summer nights. But with the close of summer comes overnight frosts, the ideal time to…
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