If you’re new to homesteading or even a seasoned veteran – one topic that often has many many tips to it is how to preserve your harvest once the garden starts putting out food!
Below are a few options:
Canning –
This is one of the most widely used forms of preserving and putting up the harvest used in (at least) America. You can CAN just about everything and many items last for several years!
Looking for canning items?
Freezing – Nothing replaces a good sized deep freeze on the homestead for keeping the harvest lasting long into the winter months. One trick is to be sure items are dry and as free of air as possible when you put up the harvest for freezing.
Most homesteaders put up the harvest in a variety of ways. The biggest tip to saving your garden harvest is to try many methods for each food and find what works best that you’ll use the most!
EnJOY the journey!
Best Blessings!
The Millers
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