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It is never more gratifying to be a gardener than when luscious ripe tomatoes are rolling off the plants and into our kitchens. For most of us, though, there are often far more tomatoes than we can eat at the ...

Canning is an annual task for all homesteaders, ensuring a long-lasting stockpile of meals to eat. And while most people may think of staples such as relish, pickles, tomatoes and olives, canning actually can include foods such as meatloaf, ground ...

There are plenty of reasons why people prefer one food preservation method over. But individual choices aside, here are some compelling arguments why canning is better than freezing and other methods, followed by a few notable exceptions.   1. Flexible ...

In our household, canning food saves a great deal of money. We grow most of our own produce in our little front-yard garden and then we “put up” as much of it as possible, which is pretty much everything we ...

Remember the last time you heard someone ask for another serving of that delicious home-canned eggplant or Brussels sprouts? Not likely. There are some foods which are better off being preserved by a method other than canning, and a few ...

It’s the time of year when gardeners and homesteaders are scrambling to preserve our harvest in order to enjoy the literal fruits of our labors as close to year-round as possible. For a lot of us, that means canning. Most ...

  There are a lot of misconceptions out there about canning safety. As is true with many topics, information found on the Internet supports a wide variety of truths and opinions, and it can be hard to differentiate between them. ...

Canning is a fun and rewarding summertime activity that helps preserve your garden’s bounty, saves money and increases your self-reliance. But it also involves work at a hot stove during the hottest part of the year, when fruit and produce ...

Autumn is filled with tons of chores for homesteaders: raking leaves, preparing the livestock for winter, and, of course, canning. Canning is the time-tested method used by our great-grandparents and grandparents to extend the shelf life of food, and – ...

Canning food in the modern world is easy. We have well-made jars, proven methods developed over a century and a half of trial and error, and the ability to consistently put up safe, nourishing and delicious food. Even a century ...