Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting

Author: Kim Pezza
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
ISBN: 1578264642
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Make the most of your homestead’s produce with this beginner’s guide to preparing and preserving your hard-earned harvest—all year long! Want to extend the benefits of your backyard bounty? Look no further! This beginner-friendly guide outlines essential preservation techniques and yummy recipes—all from expert farmers. Inside you’ll find information on: • Various methods of preserving (canning, smoking, freezing, drying, pickling, etc.) • Selecting the right preservation method for your crop • Knowing when to preserve—and why • Farmer-approved techniques and preserving set-ups, with illustrations • And much more! Whether you raise livestock or grow crops, there’s a method here that will allow you to enjoy the fruits of your labor year-round! No farmer wants to throw away their hard work, and Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting is the perfect guide to ensuring no part of your harvest is wasted.

Pressure Canning for Beginners and Beyond

Author: Angi Schneider
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
ISBN: 1645673413
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 483

Book Description
Create Your Home-Preserved Pantry with Nearly 100 Recipes & Beautiful Photographs Throughout Imagine lining your shelves with made-from-scratch jars of garlicky tomato sauce, flavor-packed baked beans, ready-to-eat stew or peak-summer veggies. Pressure canning is an easy, delicious way to feed your family, and with the wisdom of preserving expert Angi Schneider, anyone can master this affordable, time-saving practice. Start with Pressure Canning 101, where Angi shares all of her best tips and tricks from 25+ years of experience. You’ll learn the ins and outs of your canner, as well as how to avoid botulism to ensure that your canned goods are safe to eat. Angi then shares in-depth guides and tons of creative, safe recipes for the most popular foods for canning—tomatoes, veggies, legumes (including beans), meats and soups. Everything you need to know is presented in Angi’s ultra-practical, easy-to-follow style. Forget overpriced takeout and premade grocery store meals. Instead, enjoy dinner in an instant with Butternut Squash and White Bean Soup, Swedish Meatballs or Pot Roast in a Jar. Share shelf-stable chicken broth with an under-the-weather neighbor or gift a grab-and-go gumbo to a friend. As Angi says, canning and community go hand in hand! This trusty, all-in-one handbook, packed with information and recipes, is one you will return to again and again as you create your very own self-sufficient pantry.

Saving the Season

Author: Kevin West
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307599485
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
The ultimate canning guide for cooks—from the novice to the professional—and the only book you need to save (and savor) the season throughout the entire year "Gardening history, 18th-century American painters, poems, and practical information; it's a rich book. And unlike other books on preserving, West gives recipes that will goad you to make easy preserves.” —The Atlantic Strawberry jam. Pickled beets. Homegrown tomatoes. These are the tastes of Kevin West’s Southern childhood, and they are the tastes that inspired him to “save the season,” as he traveled from the citrus groves of Southern California to the cranberry bogs of Massachusetts and everywhere in between, chronicling America’s rich preserving traditions. Here, West presents his findings: 220 recipes for sweet and savory jams, pickles, cordials, cocktails, candies, and more—from Classic Apricot Jam to Green Tomato Chutney; from Pickled Asparagus with Tarragon and Green Garlic to Scotch Marmalade. Includes 300 full-color photographs.

Foolproof Preserving and Canning

Author: America's Test Kitchen
Publisher: America's Test Kitchen
ISBN: 1940352517
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Every home cook's essential step-by-step guide to canning and preserving 100 can't-fail sweet and savory recipes, from tried-and-true classics to modern updates. The experts at America's Test Kitchen show you how to easily (and safely) make homemade everything—from fruity jams with beautiful summer berries to piquant pickles from raw vegetables of all kinds—with detailed tutorials, troubleshooting tips, equipment information, instruction on doubling batches, and insight into the science behind canning (How much salt should you use? What's the perfect preserving temperature?). No matter what season it is, which jars you have, or how much time you have, this book has something for everyone, beginner or expert. Sweet Jams & Jellies: Once you’ve turned out flawless favorites like Raspberry & Strawberry, try your hand at Blueberry Earl Grey Jam. Savory Jams & Chutneys: Start with classics like Caramelized Onion Jam and then make a delicious Apple Shallot Chutney to pair with a favorite dish. Vegetable Pickles: Simply cooked in a vinegar brine or long-fermented, every pickle is perfectly crisp. Fruit in Syrup: Enjoy jewel-like fruit, from bite-size to whole, in a syrup made of the perfect ratio of water to sugar. Tomatoes: Intensify their flavor through roasting or lock in summer sweetness with fresh tomato sauce. Canning Books Are Hot More and more people are canning and preserving at home for the satisfaction of tranforming raw height-of-season produce into jewel-like jars of jams, jellies, and condiments, or umami-packed pickles. Step-by-Step Instruction This is the first canning and preserving book from ATK; we take the mystery and fear away and provide detailed and illustrated instructions for every recipe. Timelines for Every Recipe It's helpful to have snapshot of the commitment involved in making the recipe—and when they're ready to eat. Lots of Options for Both Beginner and Experienced Canners There is a lot of interest in handcrafting small batches of fruits and vegetables. The emphasis in this book is on small batch canning (2- or 4-jar yields) with double-it options for all the 4 jar recipes. Beautiful Package Completely illustrated with step photos of the recipes in progress and an easy-to follow design.

Pure Poultry

Author: Victoria Miller
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 1550925466
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Hatching a sustainable life with heritage poultry Houdan. Nankin. Indian Runner. Narragansett. These may sound like exotic place names or unusual varieties of produce, but each actually refers to one of the many hundreds of lesser-known poultry breeds which tempt the livestock owner who's prepared to venture into less familiar territory. Providing an alternative to commercial breeds and hybrids, heritage breeds each boast their own unique characteristics and personality traits, and are a valuable (and entertaining) addition to a sustainable food system. Pure Poultry is the first book in nearly a hundred years to focus specifically on heritage breeds of chickens, turkeys and ducks and their role in a self-reliant lifestyle. This timely, beautifully illustrated resource includes: Detailed guidelines on everything from housing, breeding and day-to-day care, to processing, cooking and preserving Much-needed information on using heritage breeds for egg and meat production Tips, inspiration, recommended reading, and additional resources A unique planning worksheet that simplifies the process of starting out with poultry. Brimming with quiet humor, Pure Poultry is an immensely readable "how-to and why-to" based entirely on personal experience-including plenty of lessons learned the hard way. Pure Poultry shows how heritage-breed poultry can enhance and deepen anyone's quality of life, whether you have a farm, a small backyard, or a neighbor with space to share.

The Farmer's Wife Guide to Fabulous Fruits and Berries

Author: Barbara Doyen
Publisher: M. Evans
ISBN: 1461733871
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
This book gives advice on growing your favorite fruits and berries, and then provides ample instruction on how to prepare or preserve the results. The perfect resource for both beginners and experts in America's #1 hobby, gardening.

East West Journal

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 752

Book Description

National 4-H Club News

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 986

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Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving (Second Revised Edition)

Author: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145247
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Practical, easy-to-follow guide tells how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; and much more.

Canning and Preserving Food for Beginners

Author: Lydia Reed
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Do you want to enjoy your favorite seasonal foods all year round by canning and preserving them at home? Canning and preserving at home are becoming increasingly popular because, with the right knowledge, people can always have delicious fresh and healthy food available on a low-budget and without chemical additives and preservatives. However, it can be dangerous because, without the right method, if you don't preserve them properly, the foods can spoil and become harmful to the health of our family. Expert cook and cooking lover Lydia Reed will explain the process of home canning and preserving in detailed indications and delicious step-by-step recipes. In this guide to becoming a home preserving and canning expert, you will find: - Canning basics and equipment to improve your skills and become a canning master - Tips for food safety so as not to harm the health of our loved ones - Step-by-step recipes for water bath and pressure canning to follow easily - Fermenting food basics and techniques for beginners and advanced - Tricks and tips for freezing to maintain all the food properties and eat genuine food - Easy step-by-step recipes for canning and preserving fruits, vegetables, legumes, meat, seafood, soups, and stews to enjoy seasonal food all year round - Easy step-by-step recipes for pickles, jellies, sauces, preserves, condiments, mustards, and jams to amaze your family from the first recipe - And so much more! Even if you have never preserved or canned food at home, this book is perfect for getting started! You will find comprehensive information on safe preserving and canning methods as well as lists of necessary equipment and utensils with specific step-by-step instructions for beginners. Don't give up on your favorite seasonal treats anymore, scroll up, and click the Buy Now button!