Preserving & Storing

Growing your own food is one of the most rewarding things you can do. Storing your produce for long term use can be more tricky. However, it is a skill you need to learn in order to maximise your efforts in the garden. Storing and preserving your home grown food can not only save you money, but will also ensure you preserve all the nutrients often lost with the shop bought alternatives.

Below you will find any posts that concentrate on preserving and storing your harvest.

A kitchen scene featuring a dehydrator filled with trays of sliced garlic and several whole garlic bulbs on the counter.

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Preventing Overgrown Courgettes: Essential Tips

If you’ve ever gone out to admire your courgette/zucchini plants, spotted a perfectly sized fruit, and thought, ‘I’ll pick that tomorrow’. You excitedly wander into the garden the next day, only to discover what appears to be a small submarine lurking under the leaves. You’re not alone. Trust me, I’ve been growing Courgettes/Zucchini for years, and this still happens to me more times than I would like to admit. One of the biggest surprises for new gardeners is just how quickly courgettes grow. They seem to spend weeks doing very little and then suddenly decide it’s…

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