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How to Grow Basil

6 Ways to Protect Plants from Frost

6 Ways to Protect Plants from Frost

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How to Grow Microgreens Indoors

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French-Canadian Salmon Pie

Drying apples is a great way to preserve the fresh fall harvest. Here are three ways to dehydrate apples for winter food storage, including air-drying, oven drying, and using a food dehydrator.

3 Ways to Dehydrate Apples for Food Storage

No sunshine required to make these homemade sun dried tomatoes. Drying tomatoes is a great way to preserve the harvest and save storage space. 20 pounds of tomatoes will reduce down to about one pound of sun dried tomatoes.

Homemade Sun Dried Tomatoes

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Good Old-Fashioned Pickled Dilly Beans

Got peppers? Drying is an excellent way to preserve peppers. Dehydrating removes the moisture and concentrates the flavor and heat of the peppers.

3 Ways to Dry Peppers for Food Storage

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5 Ways to Freeze Zucchini

This grilled garlic scapes recipe adds a layer of sweet smoky char to the mild garlicky flavor, and then enhances it further with a simple dusting of sea salt and freshly ground pepper.

Grilled Garlic Scapes

A slight twist from your regular pesto, this recipe combines garlic scapes with lemon balm for an early garden fresh variation. Spoon this garlic scape lemon balm pesto on pasta, seafood, and even sandwiches.

Garlic Scape Lemon Balm Pesto

Are your onions getting soft? It is easy to dehydrate onions so they last longer for food storage. Turn your onions into dehydrated onion flakes, minced dried onions, and onion powder.

How to Dehydrate Onions for Food Storage