Now that you've mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops - including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more - to keep your pantry stocked throughout the year. Each vegetable profile highlights how many plants to grow for a year's worth of eating, and which storage methods work best for specific varieties. Author Barbara Pleasant culls tips from decades of her own gardening experience and from growers across North America to offer planting, care, and harvesting refreshers for every region and each vegetable. Foreword INDIES Silver Award Winner GWA Media Awards Silver Award Winner Whether selecting the right variety of pumpkin for pie filling or the best beets for easy pickling, Homegrown Pantry is the essential reference for planning a garden that produces the best varieties and the right amounts to stock the pantry and root cellar with a year-round supply of 55 favorite vegetables. Barbara Pleasant has written about organic gardening and self-sufficient living for more than 30 years. Her books include Starter Vegetable Gardens, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual, The Gardener's Bug Book, The Gardener's Weed Book, and The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases. From Garden to Mason Jar Keep your pantry stocked throughout the year with delicious, homegrown vegetables, fruits, and herbs! Choose your favorites from 55 popular crops. In-depth profiles guide you in selecting the best varieties, determining how much to grow, and using the most effective harvesting and preserving methods for each plant. With Barbara Pleasant's proven techniques, you'll enjoy the bounty of your garden year-round. How many potatoes should I plant for a family of four? Which fruits should I freeze and which should I dry? What varieties of tomatoes make the best salsa? 1: Why Grow Your Own Food? The Drive to Provide Twelve Common Traits of Pantry Gardeners How to Use This Book Your Climate, by the Numbers Choosing What to Grow Working with Tunnels Managing Your Food Preservation Garden Cooking from the Homegrown Pantry 2: Basic Food Preservation Methods Five Basic Food Storage Methods Cold Storage of Homegrown Produce Freezing Your Homegrown Bounty Drying Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits Canning Your Homegrown Harvest The Magic of Food Fermentation 3: Vegetables for the Homegrown Pantry Asparagus Beans Beets Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Corn Cucumbers Garlic Kale and Collards Kohlrabi Onions Parsnips Peas Peppers Potatoes Pumpkins Radishes Rhubarb Rutabagas Spinach Summer Squash Sweet Potatoes Swiss Chard Tomatoes Turnips Winter Squash 4: Fruits for the Homegrown Pantry Berries Blueberries Grapes Raspberries Strawberries Tree Fruits Apples Cherries Pears and Asian Pears Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines 5: Herbs for the Homegrown Pantry Kitchen Herbs Basil Cilantro Dill Marjoram Oregano Parsley Rosemary Sage Thyme Tea Herbs Catnip Chamomile Lemon Balm Monarda Raspberries Stevia Index "Barbara Pleasant's most comprehensive and passion-driven work to date helps beginning and experienced gardeners plan a garden that will feed them

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