Preserving our Garden Harvests, Getting Started with

We are participating the the Every Bit Counts Challenge to preserve something every day in the month of August. Please Subscribe and Follow along as we preserve garlic, peaches and cucumbers into pickles!
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[@jenniferr2057]

My grandmother was born in 1905 ... During the original homesteading. She and my mother taught me to do that to my cukes. Traveling, I have seen Asian cooks do it, too....
I personal think it works!

[@wanderingstarfarmhouse]

Good to know, I'm definitely in the habit of doing it now!

[@IamNyobanda]

Hello am watching and amazed with how your garden supply you with lots a variety of vegetables. Preservation can be a problem. I have learnt something new here like it. Am new in your channel just ❤❤

[@wanderingstarfarmhouse]

Welcome! Yes, I have actually lowered the number of varieties I grow in order to simplify the preserving work.

[@marylovecountryliving]

I have never heard of putting an Oak leaf in pickles. What does the leaf do? This is my first time on your channel

[@peggystrey8986]

Me neither.

[@brendaalter7172]

Oak leaves, like bay leaves or grape leaves are supposed to have tannins in them that help dill pickles stay crisp.

[@wanderingstarfarmhouse]

Yes, Brenda, for the tannins!

[@marylovecountryliving]

@@brendaalter7172 thank you so much. This is a first time I have ever heard of doing this.

[@christophernicholson8896]

@@brendaalter7172I use horseradish leaves in mine, works well.

[@lynnebrown-hardy1566]

My mom use rub the end of the cuke to pull out the bitterness. What does the oak lead do for the pickles? I have never heard of that

[@wanderingstarfarmhouse]

The tannins in the oak leaf are supposed to help the cucumbers stay crispy when they are pickled:-)

[@lynnebrown-hardy1566]

@@wanderingstarfarmhouse thank you. You can teach an old dog (me) new tricks LOL