Websites and Resources for Preserving Food
Legacy canning jars – Beautifully clear glass canning jars in three different sizes. Comes with lids and rings.
Tattler Reusable Canning Lids – These canning lids do not have to be replaced after each use, making them perfect for yearly or seasonal canning purposes!
Vintage Remedies – A fantastic herbal home study course. I am taking the Family Herbalist course right now but there are several options to choose from.
Books for Preserving Resources
Barry, James, and Margaret Floyd. The Naked Foods Cookbook. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 2012. Whole foods recipes that incorporate many of the freshly grown or locally available produce you want to eat.
Bubel, Mike, and Nancy Bubel. Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 1991. An excellent resource for storing foods in a root cellar or basement storage.
Gasteiger, Daniel. Yes, You Can! And Freeze and Dry It, Too. Brentwood, TN: Cool Springs Press, 2010. A great resource that is highly visual and shows clear step-by-step directions for canning, freezing, dehydrating, and pickling your garden’s produce for longer-term storage.
Gladstar, Rosemary. Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 2008. If you only get one herbal medicine book, this is one that is worth your money to buy. Dozens of recipes as well as an explanation of how to prepare herbal remedies in the appendix section makes this book a good reference.