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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

Hurdling is a combination of more than one food preservation technique. The idea is to create a series of hurdles for microorganisms.

Welcome! One of the old forms of food preservation is fermenting and curing meat. It's also one of the tastiest in artisan salamis, pepperoni, aged cheeses, and of course, bacon, just to name a few. Not

Do you have a bumper crop of peppers in your garden this year? Learn nine methods for preserving peppers; includes preserving hot peppers & sweet peppers

Surviving on a diet of hardtack and spam is fine for a while, but a good meat stew or barbecued steak will not only replenish your diminishing energy supplies but also give your mood a

Hurdling is a combination of more than one food preservation technique. The idea is to create a series of hurdles for microorganisms.

Rhubarb, that early rising perennial. With such a prolific producer, the more ways to preserve and use rhubarb you know the better!

This simple blackberry jam is a no pectin and low sugar recipe. All you need is blackberries and a small amount of sugar to make a tasty homemade blackberry jam.

December 21, 2020 - Here I’m hitting some food preservation tips that increase the frugality, efficiency, and ease of our home preservation, as well as some that increase the variety and options we have waiting in our cupboards.

Cherry limeade concentrate is a delicious homemade drink concentrate that you can keep right on your pantry shelf for when you need it.

The practice of storing eggs in lime water goes back centuries, and it's still one of the best ways to preserve eggs without refrigeration. Anyone who has kept chickens knows that egg production doesn't always

With so many different methods and techniques preserving your own food can feel overwhelming. This guide will help you get started so you can choose the right methods for your food preservation goals.

Spending 10 days in Croatia? Our ultimate Croatia itinerary is all you need to plan a perfect trip, from what to see and do, where to stay, and how to get around.

Learn how salt preserves meat and how you can safely cure your own meat at home to preserve it and get that delicious cured taste.

If you're looking for another food preservation method, watch this quick guide on how to make pemmican.

The perfect candy for dipping in melted chocolate.

When life hands you too much of a good thing, the sweetest sun-ripened strawberries or a bounty of heirloom tomatoes for instance, there is no way that you are going to let it all go

This blood orange paste is extremely easy to make and you do not need any special equipment other than a blender. All you need is time.

A medieval monastery was an enclosed and sometimes remote community of monks led by an abbot who shunned worldly goods to live a simple life of prayer and devotion. Christian monasteries first developed...

Many preppers love to eat meat, but they usually store it in a refrigerator or freezer. What are they going to do if the power goes out?

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.

The Myrin Preserve is located at the end of Blue Hill Road in Great Barrington at the Appalachian Trail crossing, just east of Monument Valley Road at the base of Beartown State Forest. It is a wonderful beaver influenced site with calm impoundments and diverse avian use.

Queen Anne's Lace Jelly with Currants - The bright acidity of currants is a perfect compliment to the delicate floral flavor of Queen Anne's lace jelly.

Blooming lilies of the valley on the banks of a forest river. Transcaucasian lily of the valley (Convallaria transcaucasica). It is an endemic of the forests of the Caucasus. State natural reserve of regional significance “Safonova Dacha”. The profile of the reserve: biological, designed to preserve and restore the forest natural complex of the floodplain of the Kuma and Podkumok rivers. The Transcaucasian lily of the valley, listed in the Red Book of the Stavropol Territory, is especially protected. Georgievsky district. May, 2019. Photo project “Discovering the Stavropol Territory”.

Before running to the pharmacy, I always check out the medicinal trees around me. A lot of them can treat common ailments. Here's how...

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Before running to the pharmacy, I always check out the medicinal trees around me. A lot of them can treat common ailments. Here's how...

Use this excerpt from Morton Salt’s A Complete Guide to Home Meat Curing, and learn how to start curing meat at home.

I've been wanting to make homemade kimchi for such a long time now. But I kept thinking that it was some mysterious condiment that I can never make.

In Greece, a pious beekeeper has a habit of putting icons in his beehives. Mysteriously, bees build their cells everywhere but carefully avoid covering the holy images.

Dried Roses the Easy Way: This is an easy way to preserve a special bouquet of roses. It makes an easy, natural decoration for your wall. It's a great way to save your Mother's Day bouquet; she'll remember how much you appreciate her for years to come.

Harvesting Elderberries: Picking, Preserving & Recipes | Foraging tips & handy hints for picking & preserving elderberries with plenty of recipe ideas!

A marine sanctuary housing thousands of fish species, translucent waters and breath-taking dive and snorkel locations, will remain preserved after a new law was passed in the Archipelago.

Kumquat jam is a great way to use an otherwise tart fruit. It makes a beautiful presentation and is perfect for your morning toast or an exotic treat.

This is my mom's traditional Korean kimchi recipe. The best kimchi recipe uses napa cabbage and good gochugaru from Korea.

It’s funny the things that make you feel like a homesteading rockstar… Like making homemade vanilla extract for example. I’ve been making homemade vanilla extract for several years now, and it’s definitely on my list of “never-buy-again” foods. It’s so easy, it practically makes itself. Now that’s my kind of recipe. 😉 Is it cost […]

Kumquat jam is a great way to use an otherwise tart fruit. It makes a beautiful presentation and is perfect for your morning toast or an exotic treat.

It is time for my annual round-up of all the canning, pickling, and preserving (or preserving-adjacent) books that came out last year (I typically try to get this post up before the holidays, but I

During the Nazi book burnings of 1933 literature considered as ‘Un-German’ was ceremonially burned. One man made it his life’s work to preserve them for future generations.

Extraordinary photos Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo, home to the largest collection of spontaneous and artificial mummies in the world. By Ivan Cenzi