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Home » Homesteading

Preserving

Fresh is fabulous, but preserved fresh, home-grown and local foods are fantastic, too!

Here, learn different methods of preserving. Learn tips and how-to's, recipes, and the benefits of different methods to find what's right for you. Make the most of all you grow by learning to preserve the harvest. And save some money, too!

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    18 Tips for Storing Fruit and Vegetables in a Root Cellar
  • Chopped peppers on a dehydrator sheet.
    2 Easy Ways to Save and Store Peppers (+How To)
  • Easy Freezer Pie Filling in a bag
    How to Make Easy Freezer Pie Fillings (Preserve the Harvest)
  • Different types of preserved food in the freezer.
    Making Preserves from Frozen Fruits and Vegetables (+20 Ideas!)
  • Dried kale on a dehydrator tray.
    How to Dry Kale and Other Leafy Greens
  • Easy Spinach Freezer Cubes
    How to Make Easy Spinach Freezer Cubes (+ Ways to Use Them)
  • DIY Super Green Powder in a jar
    How to Make Your Own DIY Super Green Powder
  • Healthy swiss chard plants
    4 Quick and Easy Ways to Save Extra Greens
  • Veggie Scrap Bag for Broth and Stock
    How to Build a Veggie Scrap Bag for Broth and Stock (Kitchen Hack!)
  • Jars full of dehydrated garlic.
    How to Make Dried (Dehydrated) Chopped Garlic (+ Bonus Seasonings)
  • An invasive plant growing in the garden.
    Should You Use Invasive Plants for Cooking or Preserving?
  • Chopped tomatoes and onions in a dehydrator.
    10 Money-Saving Tips for Energy-Efficient Dehydrator Use
  • A basket full of harvested rhubarb.
    How to Freeze Rhubarb to Preserve It
  • Man puts organic pears in a wooden crate.
    16 Crops That Can Be Stored in a Home Root Cellar
  • Newfoundland root cellar with rocks.
    Root Cellaring 101: How to Create and Use a Root Cellar
  • Canned rose hip jelly
    How to Make Rose Hip Jelly + Recipe
  • Vegetables that have been cut into slices are dried on shelves for preservation.
    16 Big Benefits of Dehydrating Garden Harvests
  • Apple that have been cut into slices are dried on a tray for preservation.
    13 Tips to Make Dehydrating Easier and More Successful
  • Dehydrated garlic stored in two canning jars.
    6 Ways to Store Dehydrated Garden Produce + Extra Tips
  • Mother and daughter unloading a vegetable fruit harvest in the kitchen.
    30 Tips to Store Your Fruit and Vegetable Harvests Correctly
  • DIY herb drying rack made from string
    7 Everyday Items You Can Use for Drying and Curing Herbs
  • Freshly harvested cucumbers and carrots in a basket.
    15 Ways to Handle Too Much Harvest
  • Three glass jars of homemade pickles.
    18 Tips to Help You Pickle More Produce this Season
  • A woman puts tasty sauerkraut into a glass jar on the table in the kitchen.
    A Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Your Harvest with Lacto Fermentation
  • A bowl of a delicious beet hummus.
    15 Ways to Use Up Extra Beets
  • Two bottles of vinegar on a table.
    Vinegar Warning: Pay Attention to Vinegar Labels for Pickling and Preserving
  • A chef cuts cauliflower with a knife on a wooden cutting board.
    How to Make Homemade Giardiniera To Preserve Vegetables
  • Basement storage with crates and shelves.
    28 Cold Storage Fruits & Vegetables—No Preserving, No Refrigerating!
  • Freshly harvested pumpkins and a winter squash on the ground.
    How to Prepare Winter Squash for Cold Storage
  • DIY hardneck garlic bundle.
    How To Make a Decorative Edible Hardneck Garlic Bundle
  • Two wooden spatulas with an acorn flour on the table with scattered acorns around.
    How to Make Acorn Flour from Scratch (Step By Step)
  • Bunch of different varieties of garden vegetable.
    How To Freeze Garden Vegetables to Preserve Them (With Instructions)
  • Asparagus freshly harvested in a mason jar.
    How To Harvest Asparagus: All You Need To Know

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