Preserving
4/16/2013 9:40:41 AM
Readers share stories
of food preservation methods.
4/16/2013 9:31:20 AM
Great-Great-Grandmother shares how generations of her family has continued the tradition of preserving food.
4/16/2013 9:06:10 AM
Reader tells of life during the Great Depression and how food preservation was necessary for survival.
4/15/2013 4:31:15 PM
A couple shares canning recipes made with fresh produce from the garden and fruit trees.
4/15/2013 3:18:36 PM
Freezing corn fresh from the garden in summer means your family can enjoy delicious, home-grown corn in winter.
4/15/2013 2:55:14 PM
Woman recalls going from asking elders for
advice on canning vegetables to becoming one of the elders.
4/15/2013 2:32:25 PM
Woman shares her rewarding experiences of
preserving the bounty of her garden vegetables.
4/15/2013 2:23:08 PM
Summers spent freezing and canning food for the winter months.
2/18/2013 3:35:15 PM
Preserving Meyer lemons with salt is a great way to save that sweet-tangy flavor for use in your favorite dishes!
1/29/2013 3:28:57 PM
Dehydrating garlic and grinding it into garlic powder is an easy process that preserves the excess of an abundant harvest.
1/29/2013 12:25:12 PM
Making syrup at home is easy with the right tree sap.
12/27/2012 11:12:42 AM
Making mint jelly using fresh mint from your garden is not only easy but beats the store bought version by a mile and is a great way to use the last of your mint before the snow covers it.
12/18/2012 12:27:33 PM
Growing squash can be a breeze if you plant them in a sunny spot with rich soil and water moderately.
12/3/2012 11:37:36 AM
Though it is not something that is typically part of the rural lifestyle in America today, fermenting foods is an easy way of preserving the bounty of the harvest and possibly an extraordinary way of improving overall health.
10/3/2012 4:36:24 PM
USDA website finds local farmers’ markets increase in nation as locavores search for healthy foods.
8/28/2012 12:52:51 PM
Extra summer basil means pesto for dishes all winter long.
8/22/2012 5:54:27 AM
My first experience with broken jars in my water bath canner. Farm life keeps you humble!
8/10/2012 12:36:29 PM
After preserving the fruits of your garden, how should it be stored?
7/31/2012 3:30:16 PM
Here's a unique way to make something useful out of tomato skins that would ordinarily be tossed out.
7/11/2012 2:30:01 PM
Ever wondered how to make raspberry jam? Here's a simple tutorial...with pictures!
7/5/2012 6:07:49 AM
Bountiful berry harvest? Extend the enjoyment of what you've picked (and delay canning!) by properly freezing your berries.
2/29/2012 10:14:00 AM
Missourian recalls her family harvesting berries and wild grapes to make grape jam during the depression era
2/29/2012 8:08:06 AM
Kansan gratefully recalls the Dept. of Agriculture providing canners and seed loans to struggling farmers
2/22/2012 11:43:59 AM
Wisconsin woman offers her opinion of the store-bought jelly available during the depression era
2/13/2012 2:01:21 PM
Nebraska woman recalls the simple pleasure of eating homemade vegetable soup cooked on a wood stove with her mother and brother on their family farm
2/13/2012 10:15:36 AM
Maintaining the family farm was a way of life for this Iowan
2/13/2012 9:55:04 AM
Here we describe what all activities are going on lately at Ans Farms. From delivering slaughter pigs and hatching chicks, to adding new livestock guardians and making watermelon radishes. We have been busy!
2/9/2012 3:29:17 PM
A woman recalls growing up on a Wisconsin farmstead without electricity during the Great Depression
2/9/2012 3:14:22 PM
Picking Gooseberries was a regular summer activity for one Missouri woman while growing up on her family farm
2/9/2012 3:01:31 PM
Iowa woman talks about her role in producing home grown meat and vegetables for her family farm
2/8/2012 2:38:57 PM
A Michigan woman tells childhood stories about rationing, sugar beets, and work horses on her family farm
1/23/2012 12:51:57 PM
Part of being self-reliant is being prepared to preserve food on the spur of the moment.
11/15/2011 12:10:29 PM
Our first freeze is coming. I still have tomatoes and peppers in the garden – if I harvest them before the freeze ruins them, what will I do with them? You will relish my answer!
11/2/2011 7:33:22 PM
Paula Ebert discovers that sometimes free isn't worth the price.
10/30/2011 9:30:24 AM
The Diva is dripping in honey or gold if you will: Honey – Gold – Lottery? After extracting her first 21 pounds of honey, she played the lottery this week and had an idea: to construct a community honey house and cider pressing room – if she wins.
10/6/2011 10:45:59 AM
We make some Apple Cider Apple Butter, spice and sugar free Apple Sauce, Fruity Chicken Salad, and Baked Beans with apples! Then we finish it all up by making a delicious Apple Stack Cake.
9/25/2011 2:59:07 PM
If your garden is yielding up passels of peppers this fall you’ll want to preserve some of them for use in the off season. Here’s how to do it.
9/8/2011 2:37:45 PM
It's apple time in Tennessee! There are hundreds of ways to preserve or cook with apples. Here are just a few of our family favorites complete with photo's and recipes!
9/7/2011 6:22:20 PM
For hot and spicy food all year round, Barbara and I preserve our homegrown peppers in different ways - pickled fresh, roasted and pickled, and strung in beautiful ristras.
8/30/2011 2:58:04 PM
Drying the excess tomatoes from your garden, or when prices are low at the supermarket, provides you with a flavor-packed, space efficient way to store tomatoes for future use.
8/22/2011 11:23:26 AM
In this informative tutorial, Becky teaches how to lacto-ferment salsa and make whey and sour cream.
8/4/2011 11:30:00 AM
Traditionally fermented foods are super healthy. It's always nice when you can make something using these methods. Not only is it quick and easy to make, the end product is healthier than it's more time-consuming processed counterpart.
7/23/2011 4:54:03 PM
Preserving the tomatoes from your garden (or a farmer's market) by freezing them is quick, easy and requires little equipment or skill.
6/27/2011 11:03:48 AM
Find out the results of the Tattler re-usable canning lids give-away!
6/24/2011 1:45:26 PM
Easy homemade salsa, and a Tattler reusable canning lid review and give-away!
6/3/2011 3:25:05 PM
Take a look at our guide to canning food, and preserve your summer bounty to enjoy in the months to come.
4/19/2011 2:25:57 PM
This Chokecherry Jelly recipe come with two separate instruction sets. It's recommended to seal the jars in a boiling-water canner.
4/19/2011 2:15:09 PM
Plentiful bounty can be preserved this summer and fall with this Zucchini Pickles recipe.
4/19/2011 2:01:55 PM
This Squash Pickles recipe is a delicious way to preserve some summer garden bounty.
2/10/2011 11:10:59 AM
Asking for advice on pressure canning on a glass/smooth top cook surface.
2/9/2011 3:36:02 PM
Family's experience trying to live as locavores and eat local every meal holds promise for those searching for a locavore's approach to food.
12/14/2010 12:45:09 PM
A recipe for making sunshine in a jar with satsuma.
12/3/2010 12:12:00 PM
Oregon farmer has the audacity to improve heirloom vegetable seeds.
10/7/2010 2:28:12 PM
With the arrival of cold weather, it's the perfect time of year to improve your vegetable garden soil.
10/6/2010 3:40:30 PM
Join in on the continuous conversation we're having with GRIT readers everywhere.
10/4/2010 2:42:06 PM
Washington family’s home canning tradition continues the old-fashioned art of preserving food.
8/12/2010 1:36:02 PM
Putting back food in the summer reaps many benefits. Having some homemade convenience food can be a blessing during the winter and give one a sense of security in the year to come.
8/10/2010 11:59:05 AM
Different methods work well with different foods when preserving the harvest. Try each of these to find your favorite means to safe food storage.
8/9/2010 12:57:24 PM
Learn the secrets and science of canning vegetables.
6/14/2010 4:56:10 PM
New botulism discoveries lead USDA to urge new canning safety methods.
6/14/2010 1:33:37 PM
Tips for U-pick strawberries, dealing with pest problems, and where to find strawberry plants.
6/14/2010 12:26:02 PM
Grow strawberries; they are easy to produce and deserve a place in your garden.
5/4/2010 3:15:23 PM
I haven't had much more than a spoonful or two of the marmalade and while it makes me feel no more proper than the man in the moon, this recipe has a great flavor and will make a fantastic housewarming gift or just small guest gift.
4/14/2010 3:20:28 PM
Here's a couple canning salsa recipes to keep in mind for those late-season, garden-fresh tomatoes.
3/10/2010 9:37:42 AM
Rabbits and roosters and squash, oh my!
2/17/2010 4:52:36 PM
Looking for something to do while restless, bored and snow-bound.
2/16/2010 4:51:54 PM
Thinking about growing a garden but afraid to try? Join this novice as she learns everyone has a green thumb.
2/16/2010 1:55:10 PM
We are finding out more everyday than everything old is new again. Plus an update on the chicken ordinance.
1/28/2010 2:02:05 PM
A bit of searching yields food banks and organizations that will be happy to take your extra garden produce.
1/25/2010 4:46:59 PM
A suburban homesteader reflects on her childhood visits to the country.
1/21/2010 4:29:55 PM
Brent and LeAnna sum up 2009 with homemade food and fun.
12/10/2009 11:07:02 AM
Making sauerkraut for the first time stirs up deep thoughts.
12/1/2009 2:13:46 PM
A paranoid gardener reflects on her plans to harvest rye.
11/5/2009 11:58:58 AM
A gardener reviews her first year growing Beauregard sweet potatoes.
10/26/2009 4:56:16 PM
Brent and LeAnna make apple butter at home although, sadly, not in LeAnna’s grandmother’s copper apple butter kettle.
10/15/2009 12:15:41 PM
Becky picks, cans, freezes and lacto-ferments vegetables and reflects on Harvest Season blessings.
10/7/2009 4:34:33 PM
It’s time to start preserving all the garden produce that is now coming in.
10/7/2009 3:01:50 PM
Elizabeth and everyone at Loagan Ranch prepare for the frosty nights ahead.
9/2/2009 4:55:05 PM
Gardening this year has taught Vickie to prepare for the unexpected – some so nice and some just laughable
8/11/2009 4:25:13 PM
Here’s the new shake on America’s favorite salt-preserved foods – made with the only rock we eat.
6/15/2009 2:38:45 PM
From childhood to present-day, harvest season remains a special time for GRIT Editor Hank Will.
6/12/2009 12:39:57 PM
One couple's concerns regarding food prompt year-long, eat local project.
4/1/2009 3:09:51 PM
Tricia looks forward to her new raised-bed garden.
10/2/2008 2:14:53 PM
Native grain feeds families through a world war and the Great Depression.
10/2/2008 2:01:58 PM
Organic farming may be the answer.
9/30/2008 3:44:38 PM
Chicago program converts vacant lots to organic growing.
6/30/2008 9:16:17 AM
How to save your own tomato seeds.
4/30/2008 8:38:12 AM
Ribbon-winning jellies, jams and preserves are the perfect way to keep fruit on the shelf.
3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
This beginner’s guide makes it easy.
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Blue Ridge Mountain cannery continues to serve area families and organizations.
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
The charges for canning in glass jars.
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Callaway Ruritan Club Brunswick Stew recipe.
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
The question of what to do with all that garden bounty becomes simple once you learn a few preservation techniques.
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Freezing produce has several advantages over canning.
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
For more information on canning, freezing and other preservation techniques, check out these Web sites.
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Gathering and freezing corn continues as a family tradition long after the children are grown, married and living far away.
7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Gardening misadventures thwart Aunt Dorothy’s patriotism.
7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Planting a garden became a way of expressing patriotism while, at the same time, feeding families.
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Use your garden's produce to create delicious coleslaw, corn relish, jellies and jams
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Easy pickle recipes for carrots, watermelon rind, and more.