Canning information please!?
Along with some friends, I am planting an organic garden. We plan for it to be huge. I am trying to find out some good information on the following:
1) Canning (how to, dangers, expense, good links, cheap ideas)
2) Extracting seeds from my plants, to plant them again in years to come. (Also storing ideas, good links, cheap ideas)
3) Drying, I plan on planting tons O beans. I’d like to know the best way to get them so I can store them in a container on my counter. (to make them look like the bags of beans from the store) Again, good weblinks or cheap ideas.
4) If anyone has any other useful hints of food preservation, please let me know.
Any information would be welcome. So all my organic gardening, food preserving knowledge master, hippie friends, send me an answer please!
Thanks!!!
I should mention. We are using an organic heirloom seed company for our garden. So I am not sure if that would make it easier to yeild seeds for replant in the future?
1, Can use a dehydrator, can in jars which can be reused year to year, and freezing. 2. To get seeds from mot plants you need to let them mature and when the growth has stopped, place in a dry place then store in tightly closed containers. Some will work better if kept in a garage when they can get cold during the storage. 3. Beans are best if allowed to dry on the bush as it is dying at the end of the season. Let them completely dry in the shell before breaking out. Be careful when sterilizing jars and lids. make sure they are fully covered with boiling water for at least two minutes. Some veretables need to be parboiled before freezing for best taste and consistency when cooked. Get a good cookbook for canning for complete guide.
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