How to Harvest and Preserve Your Garden Produce
Harvesting your garden is the most rewarding step in growing your own food. This guide will help you know when and how to harvest your fruits and vegetables, as well as how to store them at peak freshness. You'll also find links to over 200 recipes for preserving your crops through freezing, drying, canning, and pickling, so you can enjoy your harvest all year long.
Servings 1 garden 10' x 10'
Cost $50
Ingredients
- 1 baskets for gathering
- 1 any other ingredients needed for recipes chosen
Instructions
- Harvest at the peak of ripeness.
- Use proper storage or preservation.
- Refer to the above post for crop-specific tips and recipes.
- The article also contains over 200 recipe links for many different garden crops.
Notes
Numbers for time and cost are an average for a 10'x 10' (3 meters x 3 meters) garden.
See How to Start a Garden, Step 1; Planning for help planning your garden
See Vegetable Garden Preparation for help with setting up the garden
See Choosing Plants and Planting your Garden for tips on proper plant installation.
Maintaining Your Garden gives real-world advice on making sure that your garden is a peak health.