Preserve
Confidently fill your shelves and freezer with safe, healthy food by canning, dehydrating, fermenting, freeze-drying, infusing, curing, brewing, and more!
We’ll show you tutorials for canning meat using the raw-pack method, how we preserve all our excess eggs to use during winter (or how we freeze eggs for easy baking), plus we share fermented recipes including fermented cranberry sauce, fermented garden tomatoes and ginger carrots.
Best Food Dehydrators: Find the Right One for Your Homestead
Use this guide to find the best food dehydrators out there. You'll learn how to pick the right one for your needs, whether preserving
Homemade Elderberry Wine
We love making elderberry wine! It has a deep color and a taste that's both rich and complex. This wine is special because you
Freeze Drying the Harvest
If you're interested in freeze-drying, or you're looking for reputable, tried and true, tested freeze-drying recipes, then my book, Freeze Drying the Harvest, is
7 Steps of Freeze Drying (+Mistakes to Avoid)
Freeze drying is a very basic and straightforward process - if you know some of these simple tips! Don't make the same mistakes I
Freeze Dried Tomatoes
There is nothing like fresh garden tomatoes for a flavor burst of sweet goodness. When you make freeze-dried tomatoes, they taste just like fresh
10 Reasons We Love Freeze Drying
Though you'll still find us canning, fermenting, dehydrating and preserving our foods in other ways, freeze-drying has quickly moved to the top of the
Green Tomato Salsa Recipe
Do your tomato plants still have green tomatoes on them when the first frost sets in? Don't let them go to waste! Harvest them
How Much Does it Cost to Run a Freeze Dryer?
How much does it cost to run a freeze dryer? Let's break down and compare the cost of various preservation methods to find out.
Starter Culture for Fermentation (+ Freeze Drying Tips)
Learn about using a starter culture for fermentation. Why it's important, how to make one, and even how to preserve a culture for the
Our Favorite Freeze Drying Supplies
Whether you're new to freeze drying or experienced, having the right tools is key. In this post, I'll tell you my top picks for
Adding Another Dairy Cow to the Homestead
Over the past couple of years we've known there needed to be some changes in our dairy system. As Tilly, our milk cow, continued
Fermented Sriracha Recipe (Easy, Homemade, Probiotic & Kids Love It)
Making this homemade fermented sriracha recipe is a great way to hide probiotics in your family's favorite condiments! Not only do you add a
