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How to Dry Elderberries
For my zone 7A northern Virginia garden, elderberries are ripe around the end of July and beginning of August. The birds like elderberries, too, and while I don’t mind sharing a few, I definitely don’t want to lose my entire harvest. Therefore, I like to keep an eye on my ripening berries in mid-to-late-July and get out there to do my harvesting as soon as those berries turn dark purpley-black. Click to learn how to dry them to store them all winter.
Canning Sliced Green Tomatoes for Frying
Preserve green tomatoes now to have fried green tomatoes all year long! Follow these steps to do so safely, while building your pantry with awesome tomato goodies! #foodstorage #preserving #friedgreentomatoes