The joy of keeping a root cellar : canning, freezing, drying, smoking, and preserving the harvest / Jennifer Megyesi ; photography by Geoff Hansen.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.Description: 271 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1602399751 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781602399754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Root cellar
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 641.48 M497 | Available | 33111007137801 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The winning team behind The Joy of Keeping Chickens returns, this time with a complete guide to building and maintaining a root cellar--even if it's just a dark and cool closet. This cheap, easy, energy-saving way will keep the harvest fresh all year long. Here, readers will learn: Which fruits and vegetables store best How to build a root cellar in the country, suburbs, or city How to deal with specific environmental challenges Storage techniques ranging from canning to pickling and smoking to drying Recipes for everything from tomato sauce to venison jerky Root cellaring isn't just for off-the-grid types or farmers with large gardens. Storing food makes good sense, both financially and environmentally. And root cellars can easily fit anywhere. In this intelligent, convincing book, authors Megyesi and Hansen show how to make them part of every reader's life.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-255) and index.
A comprehensive, full-color guide to root cellaring storing vegetables, meat, and more.