Backyard Farming: Canning & Preserving
Backyard Farming: Canning & Preserving

Author: Kim Pezza

Publisher: Hatherleigh Press

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1578265398

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The homesteader’s accessible, comprehensive guide to canning and preserving the produce grown in your own backyard garden! Turn your backyard farming into a year-round success with over 75 canning recipes and expert advice on preservation methods, supplies, and much more. Learning to preserve your harvest for use year-round is an essential craft for backyard farmers and homesteaders. This guide will make certain your home preserving is a success as it walks you through every step of the most popular forms of canning. In Canning & Preserving, you will: • Explore tried-and-true food preservation methods • Learn to properly use the equipment needed to make the most of your harvest • Create flavorful syrups and juices, for use in a variety of healthy recipes • Enjoy over 75 delicious recipes year-round, using preserved foods Covering hot water bath canning, pressure cookers, pickling, and preparing jams, jellies, preserves, and sauces, Canning & Preserving helps you find the perfect use for your preserved harvest. Join the growing movement of homemakers and homesteaders looking to make a return to a healthier, happier way of life—direct to your kitchen from your own backyard.

Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting
Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting

Author: Kim Pezza

Publisher: Hatherleigh Press

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1578264634

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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.

The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest
The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest

Author: Carol W. Costenbader

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2012-05-25

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1603429174

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Learn how to preserve a summer day — in batches — from this classic primer on drying, freezing, canning, and pickling techniques. Did you know that a cluttered garage works just as well as a root cellar for cool-drying? That even the experts use store-bought frozen juice concentrate from time to time? With more than 150 easy-to-follow recipes for jams, sauces, vinegars, chutneys, and more, you’ll enjoy a pantry stocked with the tastes of summer year-round.

Homesteading
Homesteading

Author: Abigail Gehring

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2009-11

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1602397473

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For readers who want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible, this large, fully-illustrated guide--and companion to the bestseller "Back to Basics"--provides the basics of living a good, clean life.

Homegrown Pantry
Homegrown Pantry

Author: Barbara Pleasant

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2017-05-02

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1612125794

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Now that you’ve mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops — including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more — to keep your pantry stocked throughout the year. Each vegetable profile highlights how many plants to grow for a year’s worth of eating, and which storage methods work best for specific varieties. Author Barbara Pleasant culls tips from decades of her own gardening experience and from growers across North America to offer planting, care, and harvesting refreshers for every region and each vegetable. Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner GWA Media Awards Silver Award Winner

The Farm Girl's Guide to Preserving the Harvest
The Farm Girl's Guide to Preserving the Harvest

Author: Ann Accetta-Scott

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1493036653

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Preserving food can be one of the most intimidating aspects of homesteading and cooking. Luckily, no one makes it as easy and as much fun as farm-girl-in-the-making Ann Acetta-Scott. For a beginner new to the world of preserving, the ideal tool is a detailed reference guide, and in The Farm Girl’s Guide to Preserving the Harvest, Ann covers all the basics on canning, dehydrating, freezing, fermenting, curing, and smoking, including how to select and use the right tools for each method. This guide takes home preservers through the beginning, moderate, and advanced stages of preserving. Newcomers can start with a simple jam and jelly recipe using a hot water bath canner, while others may be advanced enough to have mastered the pressure canner and are ready to move onto curing and smoking meat and fish. With more than 30 delicious and healthy recipesand Ann's expertise and encouragement, the home preserver will build confidence in the most common methods of preserving.

Backyard Homesteading
Backyard Homesteading

Author: David Toht

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2017-04-01

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 1607654415

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A simple guide to growing fruits, vegetables, nuts & berries, raising chickens, goats, & bees, and making beer, wine, & cider from your backyard. If you want to take control of the food you eat and the products you use, Backyard Homesteading will help you learn how to do it—even if you live in an urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. Inside, you’ll discover how to turn a yard into a productive and wholesome “homestead” that allows you to grow your own fruits and vegetables and raise farm animals, including chickens and goats. You’ll also find the laws and regulations of raising livestock in populated areas, as well as ways to use and preserve the bounty your land produces. GETTING STARTED Benefits of pure food Family recreation Local regulations Potential yields and savings RAISING VEGETABLES AND HERBS Garden planning/layout Structures/irrigation Vegetable profiles Planting techniques Composting/healthy soil Seasonal gardening GROWING FRUITS, BERRIES, AND NUTS Planting fruit trees and bushes Fruit profiles Organic pest control Grafting and pruning Harvesting methods RAISING CHICKENS The joy of chickens Collecting eggs Care and feeding tips Other small animals RAISING GOATS Benefits of goat milk Structures/fencing Care and feeding tips Other large animals BEEKEEPING Benefits of beekeeping Care and harvesting Building hives Collecting honey HARVEST HOME Canning/drying/freezing Making beer, wine, cider Making jerky, sausage Making jams, jellies Pickling/salting/smoking Building root cellars

The Backyard Homestead
The Backyard Homestead

Author: Carleen Madigan

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2009-02-11

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1603425144

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This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you’ll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Backyard Farming: Homesteading
Backyard Farming: Homesteading

Author: Kim Pezza

Publisher: Hatherleigh Press

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1578265991

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Any home can be a sustainable homestead—whether you’re in the country, city, or suburbs! Everything you need to know about backyard homesteading—from planning and development to growing, preserving, and preparing your own food. Successfully turn your rural property, suburban home, or urban dwelling into a productive food oasis! Whether you have 100 acres of open land or an apartment terrace, Backyard Farming: Homesteading takes the guesswork out of backyard farming and offers a comprehensive primer for anyone looking to grow their own food. With detailed instructions and informative photographs, Kim Pezza walks you step by step through the process of planning and implementing your sustainable lifestyle. You will learn: • What to look for when considering properties for backyard farming • How to develop your property into a homestead, regardless of size and space • Which varieties of produce and livestock are easiest for beginners • The differences between living off-grid and urban and rural homesteading • How to run a homestead that’s functional—and makes money • Delicious recipes using produce from your own farm • And many more tips to help you achieve success! More than ever, people everywhere are returning to the farming lifestyle. Backyard Farming: Homesteading is your first big step to joining the growing movement of homemakers looking for a healthier, happier way of life—and it starts right in your own backyard.

Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting
Backyard Farming: Home Harvesting

Author: Kim Pezza

Publisher: Hatherleigh Press

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1578264642

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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.