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    Preserving Food

    Preserving food is one of the most important parts of having a garden or homesteading.  There are seasons when the chickens are laying more eggs than you could possibly need, and then they stop during the winter months and you're back to buying eggs at the store if you haven't Waterglassed Eggs to save through the colder months.

    Same goes for harvesting Garlic Scapes 1 day out of the year! If they aren't preserved, there's no way to use them all before they spoil.

    Preserving food can look very different depending on your needs and desires. My favorite methods are canning, dehydrating, freeze drying and freezing.

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    • Canning
    • Dehydrating
    • freeze drying
    • Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce - Easy Canning Recipe
    • Venison Jalapeño Cheddar Summer Sausage
    • How to Make Colby Cheese: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
    • Best Beef Jerky
    • Homemade Venison Jerky
    • How to Make Butter
    • Easy Homemade Salsa - How to Can Salsa
    • How to Dehydrate Peppers
    • Old-Fashioned Peach Preserves Recipe for Canning
    • How to Can Peaches - Beginner Peach Canning Recipe
    • How to Store Swiss Chard: 5 Methods & Step-by-Step Guide
    • How to Render Lard from Pork Fat (with slow cooker option!)
    • Best Way to Store Fresh Strawberries
    • How to Freeze Dry Milk
    • How to make dried cranberries in a dehydrator
    • Canning Grape Juice (Homemade Grape Juice)
    • Canning Cranberry Juice (Homemade Cranberry Juice Recipe)
    • How to Freeze Dry Eggs with a Home Freeze Dryer
    • Homemade Thick Elderberry Syrup Recipe
    • Dill Pickle Canning Recipe (how to make cucumber pickle)
    • How to Freeze Dry Food for Long Term Food Storage
    • How to Can Sweet Corn
    • Guide to Harvesting, Cutting, and Preserving Garlic Scapes
    • How to Make Chicken Broth
    • How to Water Glass Eggs
    • How to Use a Food Dehydrator

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