Homegrown Pantry A Gardener’s Guide to Selecting the Best Varieties & Planting the Perfect Amounts for What You Want to Eat Year-Round

by Pleasant, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781612125787
• ISBN10: 1612125786
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-05-02
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Summary

Now that you’ve mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops — including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more — to keep your pantry stocked throughout the year. Each vegetable profile highlights how many plants to grow for a year’s worth of eating, and which storage methods work best for specific varieties. Author Barbara Pleasant culls tips from decades of her own gardening experience and from growers across North America to offer planting, care, and harvesting refreshers for every region and each vegetable. 

Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner
GWA Media Awards Silver Award Winner

Author Biography

Barbara Pleasant has written about organic gardening and self-sufficient living for more than 30 years. Her books include Starter Vegetable Gardens, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual, The Gardener’s Bug Book, The Gardener’s Weed Book, and The Gardener’s Guide to Plant Diseases. 

Table of Contents

1: Why Grow Your Own Food?
  The Drive to Provide
  Twelve Common Traits of Pantry Gardeners
  How to Use This Book
  Your Climate, by the Numbers
  Choosing What to Grow
  Working with Tunnels
  Managing Your Food Preservation Garden
  Cooking from the Homegrown Pantry
2: Basic Food Preservation Methods
  Five Basic Food Storage Methods
  Cold Storage of Homegrown Produce
  Freezing Your Homegrown Bounty
  Drying Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits
  Canning Your Homegrown Harvest
  The Magic of Food Fermentation
3: Vegetables for the Homegrown Pantry
  Asparagus
  Beans
  Beets
  Broccoli
  Brussels Sprouts
  Cabbage
  Carrots
  Corn
  Cucumbers
  Garlic
  Kale and Collards
  Kohlrabi
  Onions
  Parsnips
  Peas
  Peppers
  Potatoes
  Pumpkins
  Radishes
  Rhubarb
  Rutabagas
  Spinach
  Summer Squash
  Sweet Potatoes
  Swiss Chard
  Tomatoes
  Turnips
  Winter Squash
4: Fruits for the Homegrown Pantry
  Berries
    Blueberries
    Grapes
    Raspberries
    Strawberries
  Tree Fruits
    Apples
    Cherries
    Pears and Asian Pears
    Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines
5: Herbs for the Homegrown Pantry
  Kitchen Herbs
    Basil
    Cilantro
    Dill
    Marjoram
    Oregano
    Parsley
    Rosemary
    Sage
    Thyme
  Tea Herbs
    Catnip
    Chamomile
    Lemon Balm
    Monarda
    Raspberries
    Stevia
Index