What to Do With Too Many Tomatoes: A Homestead Glut Plan (2026)
The vines won again? A quick triage plan for what to do with too many tomatoes: freeze, can, dry, cook, or share the glut without burning out.
Canning
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Canning Salsa: Safe, Approved Ratios for Shelf-Stable Jars (2026)
How to can salsa safely: why the tested ratio of tomatoes to peppers and vinegar is a safety feature, plus a step-by-step water-bath method.
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Canning Tomato Sauce: Start to Finish (2026 Guide)
Turn a heavy harvest into shelf-stable jars: how to can tomato sauce safely, with acidification amounts, USDA-based processing times, and an altitude note.
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How to Preserve Tomatoes: 5 Proven Methods for a Full Pantry (2026)
Five reliable ways to preserve a tomato harvest — canning, freezing, drying, sauce and salsa — plus the one safety step every canned method shares.
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Best Pressure Canner: The 2026 Homestead Canning Guide
All American and Presto pressure canners ranked for homestead canning — capacity, gauge design, electric options, and glass-cooktop compatibility compared.
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Food Preservation | Gardening | Home | Skills
Seal the Deal: The Home Canning Chronicles – Preserving Flavor, One Jar at a Time
Did you know you can make your own versions of the most popular boxed foods?
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Food Preservation | Gardening | Home | Skills
Dehydrators and Freeze Dryers: A Comparison for Food Preservation
Did you know you can make your own versions of the most popular boxed foods?
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Fruit | Gardening | Herbs | Uncategorized | Vegetables
Six September Gardening Tips
As the days grow shorter and the temperatures get either downright pleasant, or just a little less unbearable depending on what part of the country you’re in, you’re likely wondering what steps you can take in your garden. Its an odd time of year, as the harvest of ripe produce lines coincides with the approach…
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Can-Do Canning
Your garden is producing and your fruit trees have ripened, but you want to save some of the bounty for the cold winter months. How do you go about it? Turns out, the answer for storing produce is an old and simple one–canning. Or more accurately, “jarring”. Read on for how to convert your glass…
