Storing Your Home Grown Fruit and Vegetables
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Storing Your Home Grown Fruit and Vegetables by Paul Peacock
From clamping to dark room storage, drying to bottling, shelving to curing, discover how to keep as much of your crop as you want If you grow your own food you will be aware that the job's not done when the harvest is gathered in. You have to make this bounty last all year through - until next year's crop replaces it. This book explains how to store food in the traditional way, and then goes one step further and shows how you can grow your food in a way that will ensure it is in the best state for storing - an art that is lost to many of today's gardeners and growers. The author focuses on methods by which the grower can keep vegetables and fruit for long periods without altering their fundamental form or flavour. Contents: Introduction; 1. Extending the Growing Season; 2. How to Harvest; 3. Stopping Your Harvest from Spoiling; 4. Techniques: Clamps, Cellars and Sheds; 5. Techniques and Recipes for Preserving Food; 6. A-Z of Growing, Storing and Preserving Vegetables; 7. A-Z of Growing, Storing and Preserving Fruit; 9. Growing and Preserving Herbs for the Kitchen; Index.
'A very informatative and useful little reference book and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in growing fruit and vegetables' www.theschoolrun.com. 'From clamping to dark room storage, drying to bottling, shelving to curing, Paul guides you through the processes in a straightforward, easy to-understand manner and you will soon discover how to make the most of crops.' Countryside Magazine.
Paul Peacock is an expert on plants, gardening, preserving, cooking and brewing, and self sufficiency. He is the author of many books, including Patio Produce, The Urban Hen, and - with his wife, Diana - Grandma's Ways for Modern Days. Paul writes for The Daily Mirror as Mr. Digwell and is a regular panelist on radio 4's Gardener's Question Time.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905862542 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905862547 |
| Title | Storing Your Home Grown Fruit and Vegetables |
| Author | Paul Peacock |
| Series | William Lorimer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2011-09-23 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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