This workshop is only being offered for private events. If you'd like to schedule a group lesson, please contact us. 

What will I learn in the Workshop?

This is designed to be a hands-on workshop. You'll get to pick up tools and materials, ask questions, and see the entire process. 

• Overall, we will focus on 4 common and easy ways to preserve your harvest: Pickling, Canning, Freezing, and Drying. You may ask about other methods, but this is meant to be a first-step in homesteading knowledge. 
• Pros & Cons of each of the 4 methods. 
• We will discuss a variety of veggies, fruits, and herbs that are commonly grown at home and found at local farm stands & farmers markets.
• We will demonstrate how to naturally make either pickles, sauerkraut, or kimchi. 
• Standards of cleanliness: what details to pay attention to so you avoid spoilage or food poisoning. 
• Absolute basic kitchen equipment - focussing on what you likely have already, but also introducing you to helpful/specialty/necessary items.
• Quick methods that either require little time to process like one jar of pickles, little check-ins like drying herbs, or an efficiency of time by bulk processing lots of cans or frozen foods.
• When/where it's best to pick and/or buy food.
• What details are best used to preserve texture and taste. 
• Hanging to dry in open air, building a solar dehydrator, and using a store-bought food dehydrator. 
• Take-away recipes & links to resources.