Homegrown Pantry

Now that you've mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops - including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more - to keep your pantry stocked throughout the year. Each vegetable profile highlights how many plants to grow for a year's worth of eating, and which storage methods work best for specific varieties. Author Barbara Pleasant culls tips from decades of her own gardening experience and from growers across North America to offer planting, care, and harvesting refreshers for every region and each vegetable. 



Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner

GWA Media Awards Silver Award Winner Whether selecting the right variety of pumpkin for pie filling or the best beets for easy pickling, Homegrown Pantry is the essential reference for planning a garden that produces the best varieties and the right amounts to stock the pantry and root cellar with a year-round supply of 55 favorite vegetables. Barbara Pleasant has written about organic gardening and self-sufficient living for more than 30 years. Her books include Starter Vegetable Gardens, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual, The Gardener's Bug Book, The Gardener's Weed Book, and The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases.  From Garden to Mason Jar



Keep your pantry stocked throughout the year with delicious, homegrown vegetables, fruits, and herbs! Choose your favorites from 55 popular crops. In-depth profiles guide you in selecting the best varieties, determining how much to grow, and using the most effective harvesting and preserving methods for each plant. With Barbara Pleasant's proven techniques, you'll enjoy the bounty of your garden year-round.



How many potatoes should I plant for a family of four?

Which fruits should I freeze and which should I dry?

What varieties of tomatoes make the best salsa? 1: Why Grow Your Own Food?

  The Drive to Provide

  Twelve Common Traits of Pantry Gardeners

  How to Use This Book

  Your Climate, by the Numbers

  Choosing What to Grow

  Working with Tunnels

  Managing Your Food Preservation Garden

  Cooking from the Homegrown Pantry

2: Basic Food Preservation Methods

  Five Basic Food Storage Methods

  Cold Storage of Homegrown Produce

  Freezing Your Homegrown Bounty

  Drying Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits

  Canning Your Homegrown Harvest

  The Magic of Food Fermentation

3: Vegetables for the Homegrown Pantry

  Asparagus

  Beans

  Beets

  Broccoli

  Brussels Sprouts

  Cabbage

  Carrots

  Corn

  Cucumbers

  Garlic

  Kale and Collards

  Kohlrabi

  Onions

  Parsnips

  Peas

  Peppers

  Potatoes

  Pumpkins

  Radishes

  Rhubarb

  Rutabagas

  Spinach

  Summer Squash

  Sweet Potatoes

  Swiss Chard

  Tomatoes

  Turnips

  Winter Squash

4: Fruits for the Homegrown Pantry

  Berries

    Blueberries

    Grapes

    Raspberries

    Strawberries

  Tree Fruits

    Apples

    Cherries

    Pears and Asian Pears

    Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines

5: Herbs for the Homegrown Pantry

  Kitchen Herbs

    Basil

    Cilantro

    Dill

    Marjoram

    Oregano

    Parsley

    Rosemary

    Sage

    Thyme

  Tea Herbs

    Catnip

    Chamomile

    Lemon Balm

    Monarda

    Raspberries

    Stevia

Index "Barbara Pleasant's most comprehensive and passion-driven work to date helps beginning and experienced gardeners plan a garden that will feed them through the year and find great fulfillment while doing so." - Hank Will, editor-in-chief of Mother Earth News 



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