Tag Archives: canning

Should I Store Food?

Traditionally, families preserved food during winters through gardening, animal husbandry, and various preservation methods. Today, these skills are declining, yet interest is reviving among younger generations. Prepping involves storing what you eat and rotating food supplies. Growing your own food can provide security, as emphasized in “The Survival Garden.”

Putting Up Corn

Every year, we grow a lot of vegetables in our garden. Some of them we use straight from the garden like lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, and many herbs. Others we can pick fresh and store them for several months like potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, and carrots. I usually can other vegetables by themselves orContinue reading “Putting Up Corn”

Achieving a Bumper Crop: Tomato and Potato Harvest | Organic Canning Method

Everyone has heard the joke about spending $200 to garden for a single tomato. That does happen. There’s a gardening learning curve that every gardener must go through. The other day I was talking with an Amish man at our farmer’s market about my books and I said that I was sure that he knewContinue reading “Achieving a Bumper Crop: Tomato and Potato Harvest | Organic Canning Method”

Beans, Planting, Canning, and Harvest

The author recently finished planting their summer garden, including pole beans next to the previous year’s tomato area. They explained the benefits of canning dried beans and detailed their canning process. The author shared plans for the garden’s future and offered helpful gardening books for those interested in starting their own vegetable garden.

The Gardening Season is Winding Down

I have a recipe for green tomato enchilada sauce that I will can and use when I make chicken enchiladas during the winter season. Here’s the recipe I will be using.