Garden Ideas-DIY-Canning, Drying and Freezing Food

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I am not a big fan of copy and paste blogging, I’m also not a big fan of retyping information that someone else has all ready researched and posted. With that said, here are a few links to sites that I have found with a lot of very useful information that you can link to.

Keep in mind that anyone can post anything on the Internet.

If in dough, Check it out

I have tried to filter out sites and links that contain bogus information. University, USDA and state sponsored agricultural based sites are always filled with good useful and reliable information.

I can see no reason anyone needs to ‘Buy’ a book or CD on gardening, raising chickens and rabbits or other gardening related information. All this information is available ‘FREE’ to read and download if you are willing to spend a little time {should I say this?} Yes google searching!

Garden Web Three Sisters Garden An ancient method of gardening using an inter-cropping system which grows corn, beans, and squash crops simultaneously in the same growing area that is typically a rounded mound of soil, often called a hill.

Clean Air Gardening Gardening 101 With the increase of food costs and the focus on local foods, many are returning to an old way of doing things- growing your own vegetables. Even folks that have never grown anything before are joining the new vegetable gardening trend. All to save money on the grocery bill! Check out this information on starting a vegetable garden. Consider garden space and how much time you have. See what you can grow, and enjoy fresh vegetables.

University of Tennessee Home Garden, Lawn & Landscaping Has a ton of useful information as well as publications that can be downloaded for free. Some publications, however, now have a purchase price for the print version and can be ordered on-line through our E-marketplace facility or ordered by mail. Publications are in Adobe Acrobat™ PDF format. To read, download
or print the materials, you will need the free Acrobat Reader™, available from the Adobe Web site.

Texas A&M University Container Gardening If your vegetable gardening is limited by insufficient space or an unsuitable area, consider raising fresh, nutritious, homegrown vegetables in containers. A window sill, a patio, a balcony or a doorstep will provide sufficient space for a productive mini-garden.

The Urban Garden How to plant an urban vegetable garden Recently, I helped some friends create a vegetable garden on their South End roof deck”. We potted eight containers using about two cubic feet of garden soil mixed with compost. Salvaging containers used in years past.

Home Canning Canning Pantry Home canning can be a safe and economical way to preserve quality fruits, vegetables and other foods produced in your home garden or orchard. Disregarding the value of your labor, canning vegetables, canning fruits, and other homegrown food may save you half the cost of buying commercially canned food. Canning favorite and special products to be enjoyed by family and friends is a fulfilling experience and a source of pride.

Drying garden produce Dehydrating Dehydrating removes the water from food, which is how properly dried and stored foods last for so long. Molds, yeast and bacteria that make food spoil quickly need water to live and grow. With lower moisture content, these microorganisms cannot survive.

University of Minnesota Freezing Fruits and Vegetables Freezing is a quick and convenient way to preserve fruits and vegetables at home. It is a popular method of home food preservation throughout Minnesota. Home frozen fruits and vegetables of high quality and maximum nutritional value can be produced if the directions below are followed. These directions are based on:
1. the chemical and physical reactions which take place during the freezing process;
2. scientific knowledge of the effect of freezing on the tissues of fruits and vegetables; and
3. food microbiology.

Happy Gardening and better yet Good Healthy Eating

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