STORING YOUR HOME GROWN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
How to make your garden’s bounty last all year round Paul Peacock PRICE EXTENT BINDING FORMAT ISBN PUB DATE IMPRINT
£8.99 156 pages Paperback 234 x 153 mm 978-1-905862-54-2 29th April 2011 Spring Hill
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WBW, VSZ, WMPF
CATEGORY
Self-sufficiency
TERRITORIES
World Rights
PAUL PEACOCK is an expert on plants, gardening, preserving, cooking and brewing, and self sufficiency. He is the editor of Home Farmer magazine and author of many books, including Patio Produce, The Urban Hen, and – with his wife, Diana – Grandma’s Ways for Modern Days and Seasonal Cooking. Paul writes for The Daily Mirror as Mr. Digwell.
KEY POINTS • An invaluable handbook for all gardeners of fruit and veg, allotment-holders and self-sufficiency enthusiasts • Expert author Paul Peacock has produced an indepth, exhaustive list of preserving and storing techniques, along with a number of recipes for everything you will grow • Extra value for those serious about growing their own food, Paul Peacock takes you a step further to learn how to grow your food in a way that will ensure it is in the best state for storing – an art that is lost to many of today’s gardeners and growers CONTENTS The techniques in the book include: • Shelving • Jams • Bottling • Hanging • Pate • Freezing • Bagging • Confits • Pickling • Canning • Sauce making • Drying • Clamping • Jellies
• Butters • Boiling • Vacuum packing • Brewing • Salting • Pies & flans
• Preserving eggs • Preserving honey
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FROM THE SAME AUTHOR ‘The Mrs Beeton for our times...You will not only learn how to do nearly everything yourself but discover how easy it is to fit it all into your life.’ Family Interest Magazine 2009 with Diana Peacock 978-1-905862-35-1 ‘I've looked at a lot of books on container growing vegetables and fruit - this has to be the best one so far.’ lowcostliving.co.uk