The farm girl's guide to preserving the harvest : how to can, freeze, dehydrate, and ferment your garden's goodness / Ann Accetta-Scott ; foreword by Joel Salatin.
Material type: TextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: ix, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781493036646
- 1493036645
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 641.42 A169 | Available | 33111009151370 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Food preservation is one of the most intimidating aspects of homesteading, yet one of the most important. Although there is a plethora of websites, books and blogs dedicated to learning how to preserve the harvest, people must search multiple places in order to gather the necessary information. For a beginner new to the world of preserving this leaves them frustrated and quite discouraged. The ideal tool for a newbie is a detailed reference guide, one such as The Farm Girl's Guide to Preserving the Harvest, that shares the basics on canning, dehydrating, freezing, fermenting, curing, and smoking, and how to use the right tools for each method. Homesteader and blogger Ann Accetta-Scott guides readers at the beginning, moderate or advanced levels of preserving. Newcomers to the world of preserving 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. The progression in this book will help the home preserver build confidence in the most common methods of preserving.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Where to start? -- Let's talk water canning -- Let's take the pressure off pressure canning -- Dehydrating everything good -- The art of curing and smoking meat and fish -- The basics of fermentation -- Root cellar and cold storage -- Freezing and freeze-drying.