How to Store Your Home Grown Produce

Like our other books, it contains practical advice, tips and methods not theories. We cover traditional methods of storing produce and honestly explain where they work well and are appropriate – as well as where they are not the best method with the equipment and time available to us today. For example, there are many foods that can be stored by salting but we'd only recommend this for runner and French beans.

We've been growing our own for 30 years now and that involves storing your produce. When we realised that many people didn't know the basics, let alone the 'tricks' of storing produce we decided to write this book.

It's not 'theory' - it's a practical guide for those who grow their own on how to store their home grown produce. 186 pages, full colour photographs and diagrams, glossy easy-wipe paper.

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"It's the sort of book that inspires you"

John and Val cover virtually everything veggie that can be preserved, even including a section on eggs. It is the sort of book that inspires you to start preserving and it is one of those books that will become a handy reference work in the kitchen.- J Trim

"An Excellent Resource!"

This is a wonderful book! It includes many pictures, charts, and diagrams. The book has chapters on: health and safety; what causes food to ripen and rot and how to stop it; where to store; natural storage (like "vegetable clamps and pit", or in sand); salting; lacto-fermentation; bottling (canning); chutneys; ketchups and sauces; pickles; jams, jellies and marmalades; juicing, cider and perry; drying; storing in oil; freezing; and then chapters for some different types of food (vegetables, fruits, herbs, and eggs). 

Although the book was written by a couple from the UK, the book is very "American friendly"--all of the recipes have conversions for those of us in the US. 

This book is exactly what I hoped it would be! It covers each of the methods of storing food in great detail, with extra explanations about common problems people have or issues that come up for readers who are new to storing food. (For instance, there is a little discussion about the types of equipment you use for different types of storage. What containers are best? What type of freezer is best for you?) There are also a ton of recipes throughout the book! Instructions for everything are VERY clear, and simple. 

The authors do not advocate going out and buying a ton of expensive, specific stuff; they teach you traditional methods for storing food, and simple ways of doing things. They encourage experimentation! The authors believe that people want to control their food supply, and they believe that when we grow our own food we are "cutting out all the middle men and carbon costs, and ensuring the quality, safety and flavour of the food we eat." The book intends to teach people traditional ways of storing food that our grandparents and great-grandparents didn't teach us. 

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in storing their own food and being in control of their food supply. The instructions and information is extremely accessible--probably anyone 12 years or older could try most of the ideas in this book. This is a resource you will go back to over, and over again, and it is a pleasure to do so since the pictures are so nice and the information is so well presented.

Review of US Release from Amazon.com by E. Kerby of Salt Lake City, UT

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