Episode 8: What to Do With Your Harvest
In this edition of Victory Garden for ME, learn about best practices for preserving your fresh produce, how to process high and low-acid foods, simple and low-tech preservation techniques, root cellaring, putting your gardens to bed in the fall, and much more!
Resources:
- Storing Fresh Garden Produce, UCONN
- Storage Conditions: Fruits & Vegetables
- “How To” Videos: Food Preservation
- Preserving food at home: Freezing, UMN Extension
- Food Canning Basics, Bulletin #4078
- The Cost of Preserving Food in Maine, Bulletin #4032
- National Center for Home Food Preservation
- USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning
- Pressure Canner Dial Gauge Testing
- Guidelines for Using Manure on Vegetable Gardens, Bulletin #2510
More information is available on University of Maine Cooperative Extension Food Preservation website. Please be sure to check out our next video on pain free gardening!