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It's wonderful to grow your own fruit and vegetables but what do you do when it all ripens at once? How do you cope with the glut which threatens to overwhelm you? Will help all those who grow their own fruit and vegetables to store their produce properly so that it will last for months and feed the family when the garden's bare. This title offers easy and practical advice on how to bottle, dry, freeze and even salt home grown fruit and vegetables. Discover the taste of your delicious home-made jams, chutneys and ketchups. John and Val Harrison reveal just what you can do with that bountiful harvest and share their 30 years' experience of growing fruit and vegetables and you'll never waste another tomato or courgette again. Praise for John Harrison: 'Britain's greatest allotment authority' - "Independent on Sunday".
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John Harrison, 'Britain's greatest allotment authority' (Independent on Sunday) has been growing food for his family for over 30 years. He is the author of the bestselling Vegetable Growing Month by Month, The Essential Allotment Guide, Low-Cost Living, and with his wife Val, Easy Jams, Chutneys and Preserves.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another easy to understand book from Mr Harrison. Full of great advice.
Half the battle of growing your own produce is how to store your results.
With Mr Harrison's sound advice, you may never have to take a trip to the
Supermarket for vegetables again!
This book makes an excellent addition to any gardeners bookshelf.
Half the battle of growing your own produce is how to store your results.
With Mr Harrison's sound advice, you may never have to take a trip to the
Supermarket for vegetables again!
This book makes an excellent addition to any gardeners bookshelf.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
John covers all the bases for storing produce. All quantities and methods are covered in easy, logical ways that anyone can use. And best of all, he writes in everyone's language - easy, and the book easily fits into your pocket as you work. It's a very handy gift for new gardening friends.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Once again John and his wife Val have produced a concise, down to earth guide to growing your own. They're problem solving this time, providing a solution to what to do with all that surplus fruit and vegetables, namely how to best store our plenty for the times of little.
A lot of information is packed into this book, just like packing lots of luscious fruit into a jar. Most of the major techniques are covered from the often forgotten clamping method which can be used for root vegetables and potatoes through to the increasingly popular making of jams, chutneys and other preserves. However it just falls short of being a thoroughly comprehensive guide as vacuum packing and the making of cheeses and curds aren't explained. On the plus side, juicing, cider and perry making and what to do with eggs are added to the more usual storage repetoire.
After a brief health and safety message, there's quick general explanation of how foods go off with advice on how to stop it and where to store. Then each of the preserving techniques is covered in depth, accompanied by a few tempting recipes, to give you some practice. After that comes an examination in turn of our commonly grown fruit, vegetables and herbs (and not forgetting those eggs) with advice on the best storage techniques to use for each one.
I particularly like that it's obvious that this guide is borne out of tried and tested experience and is refreshingly honest. Failures are talked about as well as the sucesses. The reason why this book doesn't get the full 5 stars in my opinion is because it is let down by the layout. The text can be a little dense or in large chunks at times, which means that some of the handy tips get rather lost. For example, I found a great little nugget on how to rescue jam that turns out to be runnier than expected after it's been poured into the jars. I know it's there, but it's rather hard to find again. More subdivision of the chapters, bullet points or a tips and wrinkles section where appropriate would have helped me at least.
I would have also liked more recipes, but I suspect this would have overlapped somewhat with the authors' other very popular book Easy Jams, Chutneys and Preserves.
Another factor you need to consider when buying this book is whether you have a lot of the information already. If you have any cookbooks which cover making preserves or freezing your produce, then much of this book will be a duplication. However, you may feel that this relatively cheap guide is worth buying in order to close some gaps in your knowledge, or you may like the idea of having one just one book to consult when deciding what to do with your produce.
Overall, it's a good companion to any cookbooks you have for beating those gluts.
A lot of information is packed into this book, just like packing lots of luscious fruit into a jar. Most of the major techniques are covered from the often forgotten clamping method which can be used for root vegetables and potatoes through to the increasingly popular making of jams, chutneys and other preserves. However it just falls short of being a thoroughly comprehensive guide as vacuum packing and the making of cheeses and curds aren't explained. On the plus side, juicing, cider and perry making and what to do with eggs are added to the more usual storage repetoire.
After a brief health and safety message, there's quick general explanation of how foods go off with advice on how to stop it and where to store. Then each of the preserving techniques is covered in depth, accompanied by a few tempting recipes, to give you some practice. After that comes an examination in turn of our commonly grown fruit, vegetables and herbs (and not forgetting those eggs) with advice on the best storage techniques to use for each one.
I particularly like that it's obvious that this guide is borne out of tried and tested experience and is refreshingly honest. Failures are talked about as well as the sucesses. The reason why this book doesn't get the full 5 stars in my opinion is because it is let down by the layout. The text can be a little dense or in large chunks at times, which means that some of the handy tips get rather lost. For example, I found a great little nugget on how to rescue jam that turns out to be runnier than expected after it's been poured into the jars. I know it's there, but it's rather hard to find again. More subdivision of the chapters, bullet points or a tips and wrinkles section where appropriate would have helped me at least.
I would have also liked more recipes, but I suspect this would have overlapped somewhat with the authors' other very popular book Easy Jams, Chutneys and Preserves.
Another factor you need to consider when buying this book is whether you have a lot of the information already. If you have any cookbooks which cover making preserves or freezing your produce, then much of this book will be a duplication. However, you may feel that this relatively cheap guide is worth buying in order to close some gaps in your knowledge, or you may like the idea of having one just one book to consult when deciding what to do with your produce.
Overall, it's a good companion to any cookbooks you have for beating those gluts.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great little book
Great book which goes through all of the ways to store any produce you might be growing. Well laid out so it's easy to look up the information you need.
Published 4 months ago by Dans
Percy's Friend
Very pleased with the contents of this book.
Some methods of storage were new to us, but very useful to have.
Some methods of storage were new to us, but very useful to have.
Published 7 months ago by Percy's friend
A cook's delight
John and Val Harrison's latest book is a welcome addition to the bookshelf of a keen gardener and cook. Read more
Published 18 months ago by a. bookworm
Another useful book
The latest in the series of practical guides for those of us who produce our own food and then wonder what to do with the gluts! Read more
Published 18 months ago by C. Pickard
A good present
I think this would make a good Christmas present for any gardeners, or would-be gardeners, you know. It's glossier than John and Val's previous books but still great value. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Am Hill
Down to Earth.
I have several of John and Vals books (I did have all of them but the dog took a liking to one of them and ate it) and as usual this book is very down to earth and written in such... Read more
Published 18 months ago by joyous
Store It Don't Waste It
What a useful book. Full of information to help me to get the best value from my home grown produce.
Published 20 months ago by L. J. Williams
A must have book for any serious gardener
I must admit to being a fan of John Harrison & his no nonsense, no frills approach to his books. Saying that I am rather pleased that this latest addition to my library written in... Read more
Published 20 months ago by J. Trim
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