COOKING AND PRESERVING GARDEN PRODUCE

Learn how to safely preserve your garden and local produce with tips from author Laura Devine, who is also Fresh Preserving Community Manager at Jarden Home Brands in Daleville, Indiana.

Preserving fresh garden produce is a great way to enjoy delicious home-grown food throughout the colder months. Try these tips and tricks for three common methods.

If you don't already have a garden, winter is a good time to start on the soil and prepare it.

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Asparagus beds provide sufficient spears to eat fresh for months and still preserve a year's supply by canning, freezing and drying. Landscape-wise, the feathery foliage and spiky spears make this vegetable a work of art in your garden.

Horseradish is a thick, white root that can be dug and grated to make condiments that jazz up meats, fish, cocktail sauce, soups and sushi. The abundant leaves are edible too!

Instead of setting up a swimming pool or a Zen garden in your backyard, why not plant vegetables instead? Planting vegetable gardens is a great way to spend a quiet time destressing while getting in touch with nature.

For first time gardeners with a bumper crop of tomatoes, learn some of the ways that you can preserve your produce for winter eating.

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The garden is showing the results of TLC and bringing forth abundance. Or perhaps you don't have room for a garden but make a dent in the local farmers market. Preserving those things extends your season.

There are many different ways to recycle the unwanted things you have. It takes a little creativity on just how to recycle them but there are tons of ways to recycle unwanted thing into another helpful use.

If you have ever canned produce you have more than likely asked yourself this question, "Is this worth it?" Before answering this question there are several things you should first take into consideration. Basically you will be weighing the pros and cons of canning food.

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