When you want to pressure can root vegetables for your food storage, it may seem like a big task. Pressure canning isn't any harder than hot water bath canning and has many benefits. Only high acid fruits and pickles should be canned in a hot water bath canner. The low acid root vegetable require the pressure canner preservation method for safe long term storage of food. Always use a pressure canning when canning recipes for complete meals, if any of the ingredients are low acid or meat or … [Read more...]
Growing, Preserving and Storing Garden Fresh Herbs
Growing garden fresh herbs in our backyard has been one of the more rewarding activities on the homestead. Use fresh herbs in your homestead cooking. Add them to a sauce, recipe or dessert. Growing herbs also gives you quick access to the healing properties of the plants. Tinctures, salves, and extracts can be made in a few hours to a few weeks, when growing garden fresh herbs. Planting Herbs I have planted my garden fresh herbs in containers the last few years. As the weather … [Read more...]
