The summer solstice is a perfect time for harvesting and preserving herbs! Here's the complete guide to preserving the culinary and medicinal bounty of the herb garden. (This post was contributed by Melissa Keyser.) If I
Drying and preserving herbs is a great way to ensuring that you can enjoy their delightful essence year-round.
Learn how to dry and preserve herbs with this great guide. Enjoy dried herbs with the best flavor when preserved fresh from the garden.
Learn how to harvest and preserve herbs! Freeze fresh herbs, learn how to dry herbs, or even make herb butter to save fresh herbs for cooking!
There are many aromatic herbs which are good for both the nose and body. Get acquainted with some of these herbs along with their characteristics, here.
Food preservation methods go way beyond the modern techniques we use today. Older techniques like salting, fermenting, and dehydrating have their place, even in modern kitchens. Learn about all the different ways you can extend
There are more ways to preserve herbs than just drying them.These creative ideas will preserve the freshness of the herb garden all year.
New York City isn’t exactly the ideal place for planting a vegetable garden. Or, at least the kind of vegetable garden I’d love to have. Herb gardens on the other hand are totally doable for city dwellers, and something I’ve had great success with over the years. This year, in particular, I’ve watched my small basil plant flourish and grow like wildfire.
Preserving eggs is an old fashioned skill and it's making a comeback as more people take up raising chickens in their backyards. Believe it or not, there are literally dozens of ways to preserve eggs
Preserving fresh basil in the refrigerator is simple with these basic ingredients you already have in your home.
Ask most people what their favorite herb is, and their response will often be basil. For many of us, this tender annual seems to epitomize the season. Basil tastes its absolute best when it’s enjoyed fresh, but thankfully you have a few creative options to preserve the vibrant flavor of this herb that’s so strongly associated with summertime.
Learn how to grow sugar beets & make your own sugar at home- avoid processed & refined chemicals and have an endless supply of fresh sugar
Got an overflow of herbs from your garden or CSA? Here's how to preserve them the easy way!
Pressing flowers is an ageless and creative form of floral art. Learn how to press flowers to preserve them in their pressed state.
Hang the braids for a couple of weeks in a warm, low-light location with good air circulation until the stems are well dried.
If you are inundated with produce from the garden, it's time to start canning, dehydrating, fermenting or freezing! Harvesting and preserving food is a great activity for families, and kids can learn a lot of science through the process.
Preserving eggs is an old fashioned skill and it's making a comeback as more people take up raising chickens in their backyards. Believe it or not, there are literally dozens of ways to preserve eggs
Transform your fav veggie into a gut-boosting + probiotic-rich snack!
A DIY solar food dehydrator is an inexpensive way to save your garden produce for year-round use. Drying food this way is effective and free!
Drying flowers helps to preserve their beauty. Learn how to dry flowers using 7 different methods, to preserve your precious blooms.
Food preservation methods go way beyond the modern techniques we use today. Older techniques like salting, fermenting, and dehydrating have their place, even in modern kitchens. Learn about all the different ways you can extend
If you enjoy herbal tea, you will love growing and preserving your own. In this guide, we'll explore how to grow your own herbal tea garden.
If you’re wondering how to preserve basil (including freezing basil), you’re in the right place! Try these 8 great ways to preserve basil.
Whether you’re an experienced prepper, new prepper, or not even into prepping, you’ve probably heard that some people dehydrate foods. Maybe you know why it’s important to know which foods you can dehydrate and you’ve finally decided to give it a try. But in case you aren’t aware of all the great reasons to dehydrate ... Read more
Have you ever wondered if you can dry the delicate blossoms of lilac flowers? Learn how to dry lilacs, to preserve these romantic blooms.
Canning can be a great way to preserve the harvest for the winter, but there are several other ways that you can preserve food without having to use a canner at all.
Drying flowers helps to preserve their beauty. Learn how to dry flowers using 7 different methods, to preserve your precious blooms.
If you love growing vegetables, take it even one step further by seed saving from your favorite varieties to plant them again next spring! Here's how.
The practice of infusing herbs in oil dates back thousands of years to ancient civilizations around the world, & to this day, especially for gardeners.
Remember pressing flowers in books? There is a better way! Use Borax to preserve flowers so they keep their shape and color.
Pull this rosemary jelly out at your next family gathering and you'll be amazed that 1. Nobody has ever tried it before and 2. How much
Borage is a beautiful annual flower that's popular with gardeners, mostly for its abundant display of showy blue flowers. It also happens to be both edible and medicinal, and it has a number of uses
Rhubarb, that early rising perennial. With such a prolific producer, the more ways to preserve and use rhubarb you know the better!
I'd like to start us off today with a poem. Moss is soft Moss is green Moss is where the wormies scream when you on them step by accident by karen copyright 2014 I'm not sure how much screaming they actually do when you step on them considering they don't make a sound when you...Read More
I'll admit, I have a lot of romantic notions about a root cellar. I'd love to build one, a real one, dug deep into a hillside here on the homestead. Unfortunately, our land has a
Nasturtium Capers are so delicious and another great way to use the ever-abundant Nasturtium plant! Make your own Nasturtium Capers today!
How much to plant per person for a year's worth of food or how many plants per person... 'tis a much-asked question when one is trying to harvest and preserve enough food to take their
Wood ash from your fireplace, woodstove, or outdoor boiler may seem like a waste product, but there are a surprising number of uses for wood ash. Historically, wood ash was an asset, and there are
"How to Can Dry Beans" is a great way to have a healthy, but cheap staple on your pantry shelves! #canningdrybeans
Learn how to easily harvest and dry flowers and herbs from your garden. (No fancy equipment needed!) Also included is a list of my favorite common flowers and herbs along with ideas for using them.
This is a guide about cut flower preservation recipes. When you buy cut flowers they often come with a packet of preserver to add to the water. If displaying flowers from your garden you can make your own, using products found in your home.
Rediscover the beauty of dried flowers. Learn tips for harvesting and drying strawflowers, statice, celosia, and other blooms from your garden.
When I set the goal to eat only the veggies from my garden for a whole year, I had one big problem. I had no idea how many plants we needed to grow for a years worth of food! Since I grow for six people in a 3500 square foot garden with some space allocated for fruits, my amounts needed to be precise.
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Pickled Spruce Tips are a special seasonal treat - delicious, caper-like pickles to add flavour and interest to cheese platters, sandwiches, or salads.
Are you looking for the best alternative storage for your extra produce? Look no further than the root cellar!
Pickled Nasturtium Seeds are a great thing to do in summer and they’re so quick. I love nasturtiums, they are so easy to grow, look beautiful and taste great. This year we had so many flowers running amok in our garden and it was lovely to see lots of people taking photos of the vivid […]
Citrus fruits are a great natural pectin source for home canning, and many "no added pectin" recipes actually add natural citrus pectin in the form of lemon juice. While citrus juice has a good bit
Wood ash from your fireplace, woodstove, or outdoor boiler may seem like a waste product, but there are a surprising number of uses for wood ash. Historically, wood ash was an asset, and there are
