Whether crops fail or sources are generally scarce, one can often depend on wild foods for sustenance. Foraged "weeds" and other wild greens are often more nutritious than their cultivated cousins and ...
The Best Way to Dry Peas and Beans
There are several different ways to dry peas and beans, but some are more effective than others. In fact, there's one spectacular way to dry both of them to great effect. Got your attention? Read ...
8 Tips for Storing Onions to Increase Their Longevity
This year, we were lucky enough to grow almost all of the onions we needed for the entire season in our garden. Unfortunately, we got a little overzealous with our canning, so most of our ...
16 Wild Foods You Can Forage to Pickle for the Pantry
Stocking the pantry for the winter months is a must for self-sufficiency. Sure, in a best-case scenario, you can pop down to the supermarket for essentials in the dead of winter. But that’s not always ...
19 Fruits and Veggies You Should Never Store Together
Storing your food properly is one of the keys to extending its life. You might think that you can toss all food together in a fruit bowl or basket, but that would be wrong. Some produce shouldn't be ...
Inversion Canning: What Is It and Is It Safe?
Fall is my favorite time of the year for a lot of reasons - the gorgeous changing leaves, the crisp feel of the air, and most of all, a bountiful harvest from my garden. Although wandering among ...
How to Dry Lavender at Home
Drying lavender seems like it should be simple and straightforward. However, if you want to master the art of drying lavender there’s a lot more to it than cutting some stems, making a bunch, and ...
5 Root Cellar Alternatives to Save Your Harvest
If you're fortunate enough to have a large parcel of land, you can build yourself a good old-fashioned root cellar to store food for the winter. For those of us who have smaller yards or irregular ...
Best Herb Drying Methods for Every Level of Harvest
I can tell you from experience that creating a herb garden is one of the easiest, most fulfilling ways to get started with gardening. Plus, when you discover that for the same $3 you spend on a few ...