Preserving the Harvest

While eating the fresh produce from our gardens is the best part of growing them, it’s important to know how to preserve your harvest to enjoy during the fall and winter months.

Over the past few years, I’ve been blogging about the methods we use, which mostly involve canning and freezing. I’ve also shared the occasional recipe to give you ideas on how to enjoy what you’ve preserved.

Now I’ve put it all together in this new guide to preserving the harvest! I intend to continually add to it so both new and seasoned gardeners alike will know what to do with the awesome goodies they’ve grown. Each link in the table below will take you directly to my post with detailed instructions. Enjoy!

And as always, if you have a suggestion or question on this topic, just drop me a note at Susan@susansinthegarden.com. Thanks.

Type of produce	Method/recipe
Apples	How to make chunky applesauce
Beans	How to freeze beans
Beans (Fava)	How to process fava beans for cooking
Beets	Store and cook with beets (video)
Berries	How to freeze berries
Celery	How to freeze celery
Chard	How to freeze Swiss chard
Grapes	How to make grape juice
Harvest, when to	Enjoying the harvest means knowing the signs (column)
Leeks	How to make leek and potato soup (video)
Leeks	Harvesting and storing leeks (video)
Onions	When to harvest onions (video)
Parsnips	Potato-Parsnip recipe
Parsnips	What to do with parsnips
Peas	Pea soup recipe
Peppers	Preserving peppers
Plums	How to make spiced plum butter
Potatoes	Potato-Parsnip recipe
Pumpkins	Video: How to Make a Homegrown Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkins	How to make a homemade pumpkin pie
Squash (winter)	How to cook butternut squash (video)
Squash (winter), pumpkins	Harvesting and storing winter squash and pumpkins (video)
Squash (winter), pumpkins	Storing winter squash and pumpkins
Squash (winter)	How to cure squash for longterm storage (video)
Squash (winter)	How to roast winter squash (video)
Squash (winter), pumpkins	When to harvest winter squash and pumpkins (video)
Storing/using produce	Garden leftovers means extended bounty (column)
Swiss chard	How to freeze Swiss chard
Tomatillos	Tomatillo harvest
Tomatoes	Fresh Tomato Salsa
Tomatoes	Homemade salsa (for canning)
Tomatoes	How to make oven-roasted tomato sauce
Tomatoes	How to make green tomatoes ripen (video)
Tomatoes	Early August tomato pruning to ripen tomatoes (video)
Tomatoes	Late August tomato pruning to ripen tomatoes (video)
Tomatoes	How to Make a Tomato-Pesto Sandwich (video)
Tomatoes	How to make tomato catsup
Vegetables (general)	How to make vegetable soup (video)
Vegetables (general)	How to make vegetable soup stock (video)
Vegetables (general)	How to Make Vegetarian Stew
When to harvest veggies	Enjoying the harvest means knowing the signs (column)