Keeping the Harvest

Keeping the Harvest
Make your own pesto

Make Your Own Pesto

Making pesto is a wonderful way to preserve the summer's basil harvest.

Gather Gifts from the Garden

Gather Gifts from the Garden

The garden offers riches beyond the summer harvest. It's also the source of materials for variety of homemade gifts.

Preserving Herbs

Preserving Herbs

Fresh herbs add pizzazz to any meal. You can enjoy your garden-fresh herbs all year with one of several easy techniques..

Making Caramelized Onions

Slideshow: Making Caramelized Onions

If you have an abundance of onions, make caramelized onions and store them in your freezer.

Keeper Crops: How to Grow and Store

Keeper Crops: How to Grow and Store

These easy-to-grow, easy-to-store crops will keep your family well-fed all winter long.

Slideshow: Planting and Harvesting Garlic

Slideshow: Planting and Harvesting Garlic

Learn how to grow your own garlic in two step-by-step slideshows.

Making Perfect Pickles

Making Perfect Pickles

I'm passionate about pickles. That's why caring for my cucumber crop tops my list of garden chores.

Making Pepper Jelly

Making Pepper Jelly

Learn a jelly-making technique that's simple and delicious.

How to Harvest, Cure and Store Onions

How to Harvest, Cure and Store Onions

When stored correctly, some types of onions will maintain their quality for as long as a year.

Quick, Easy Techniques for Preserving the Harvest

Quick, Easy Techniques for Preserving the Harvest

If you find yourself with more vegetables than time, here are a few super-quick, after-work solutions.

How to Make Roasted Tomatoes

How to Make Roasted Tomatoes

Simple technique intensifies flavor of backyard harvest.

All About Potato Varieties

All About Potato Varieties

Learn the differences between potato types and what you can expect in the kitchen.

How to Cook Potatoes

How to Cook Potatoes

Learn to choose the best cooking techniques for the variety you have.

Last updated: 01/05/2023