How to Store Your Garden Produce

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Piers Warren grows all manner of fruit and vegetables in his garden and greenhouse. As well as being an author of several books and many magazine articles, he also teaches wildlife film-making. He is very experienced in running a smallholding and is keen to promote organic principles, sustainability and green thinking. He lives near Norwich.

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Now in its third edition, this is the ultimate guide to becoming self-sufficient all year round by storing your garden produce. Even half-acre plots can grow enough to feed a family of four for an entire year, yet with most produce ready to harvest in the summer and autumn, many gardeners struggle to use all of their fresh fruit and vegetables before it spoils. With proper storage techniques, there's no need for any of your hard work to go to waste, and you can enjoy home-grown goodness all year-round while saving money, lowering your food miles and avoiding the plastic packaging of a typical supermarket shop. Jam-packed with creative storage techniques and 92 delicious recipes, How to Store Your Garden Produce is beautifully organised to showcase the best ways to preserve your produce, including dehydrating, freezing, fermenting and pickling. Illustrated with aspirational photographs throughout, the new edition features a useful A-Z of garden produce, with each entry detailing up-to-date recommended varieties, improved storage methods and vegan alternatives in recipes to make the most of your harvests. From strawberry wine and peach chutney to mushroom ketchup and celeriac soup, learn simple and enjoyable techniques for preserving your produce with this handy guide.

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Introduction Part One: The Methods General guidelines Basic storage Clamping Freezing Drying Vacuum packing Salting Bottling Pickles and chutneys Relishes, ketchups and sauces Jams and jellies Fruit butters and cheeses Fermenting Part Two: The Produce Apples Artichokes - globe Artichokes - Jerusalem Asparagus Aubergines Beans - broad Beans - French Beans - runner Beetroot Blackberries Blackcurrants, redcurrants and whitecurrants, jostaberries and chokeberries Broccoli - purple sprouting Brussels sprouts Cabbages Calabrese Carrots Cauliflowers Celeriac Celery Chard Cherries Chicory Cucumbers Endive Fennel Figs Garlic Gooseberries Grapes Herbs Horseradish Kale Kohl rabi Leeks Lettuces Medlars Melons Mulberries Mushrooms and other edible fungi Nuts Okra Onions Parsnips Peaches, nectarines and apricots Pears Peas, sugarsnap peas and mangetout Peppers - sweet and chilli Plums, greengages and damsons Potatoes Quinces Radishes Raspberries, loganberries, tayberries and boysenberries Rhubarb Salsify and scorzonera Spinach Squashes - summer Squashes - winter Strawberries Swedes Sweetcorn Tomatoes Turnips Useful resources Acknowledgements Photo credits Main index Index of recipes