This Week's Bounty: Canning Mistakes, Black Raspberry vs Blackberry vs Mulberry, Pumpkin Grilled Cheese, and More!

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( October 30, 2022  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Featured Weekly Video [Pumpkin Grilled Cheese with Caramelized Onions and Bacon]( [Pumpkin Grilled Cheese with Caramelized Onions and Bacon]( Pumpkins are for more than just carving and pies, you can make a number of dishes with them. And if you’re growing and tending to the little wildlings that are sugar pumpkins, then you deserve a bigger menu to choose from! That’s where this pumpkin grilled cheese comes in. Sugar pumpkins are your most traditional pumpkins for cooking, but you can also use Butternut Squash (aka Butternut Pumpkin) and Dumpling Squash (aka Dumpling Pumpkin) which are both sweet. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [November 2022 Issue Available Now!]( Make the most of your harvest. Discover “How to Store Potatoes, Carrots & More for Winter”. Don’t miss November Gardening Tasks and Chores” and “How to Get Seeds from Your Vegetables to Save for Next Year.” Plus you’ll learn “How to Pickle: 3 Ways”, and get in-depth articles with tips and advice, and some quick-and-easy tasty recipes! [Read More ...](  Food Preservation [7 Best Potato Storage Bin Containers That Extend Shelf Life]( [Best Shovel]( If there’s one thing we know about potatoes, it’s that they need to be kept cold, humid, and dark to survive a long winter. Otherwise, they’re likely to turn green or sprout, neither of which we want from potatoes we hope to eat. That’s why, if you’re growing tubers, you’ll benefit from some of the potato storage bin containers in this list. You can also use burlap potato sacks if you have a safe place to lay or hang them. [Read More...](  [Potatoes]( [How to Grow Potatoes Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Potatoes and sweet potatoes have been around for thousands of years, and they’re a main staple in many cultures. Both of these vegetables are easy to grow at home. With the How to Grow Potatoes Gardening Guide, you’ll learn all you need to know about growing and enjoying these fabulous root vegetables. [Read More ...](  Food Preservation [10 Canning Mistakes That Can Kill You]( [Micro-Gardening]( For thousands of years, people have managed to preserve food through smoking, drying, pickling, [fermenting]( curing, and proper storage. We’ve figured out refrigeration, freezing, and cold storage. And we can’t forget canning–that quaint but effective method of preserving all sorts of fruits and vegetables. All these preservation methods are generally safe, but you do have to take care. There are some preservation and canning mistakes that can kill you. [Read More...](  [Ginger]( [Zesty Ginger Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Ginger is easier to grow than you may think! With the Zesty Ginger Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile plant—including specific advice about soil requirements and fertilizer, watering techniques to details about avoiding bacterial wilt, and even easy-to-make and delicious recipes that will allow you to enjoy the fruits of your ginger gardening labor! [Read More ...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [5 Fast-Growing Fruit Trees for a Beginner's Backyard Orchard]( [White Tiny Bugs]( Fresh fruit, plucked from a tree, is magical. Picking that sun-ripened, juicy [peach]( right off the branch and biting into the soft, fuzzy fruit is the essence of a hot summer day. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do that? But trees take years to grow, right? Not necessarily! These fast-growing fruit trees could bear tasty gifts for you in as little as two years. [Read More...](  [Lemons]( [Tart & Tangy lemon Guide Available Now!]( Lemons may seem like an exotic tree to grow, but all they need is a little TLC to give you years of tangy harvests! You don’t have to live in a subtropical zone to grow lemons—there are plenty of varieties happy to grow as productive houseplants! With this Gardening Guide, you get all the details that go into growing and harvesting bright, fragrant lemons. Get recipes for dishes sweet and savory that make it all the more rewarding to grow your own lemons. Get it all in this Tart & Tangy Lemon Guide right now! [Read More ...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [Growing Black Raspberry vs. Blackberry vs. Mulberry: Which is Best?]( [Black Raspberry vs. Blackberry vs. Mulberry]( “Here we go ’round the mulberry bush on a cold and frosty morning.” So goes the children’s song that’s usually accompanied by a skipping dance and some playful laughs. But did you know the song was, by some accounts, not about a mulberry bush, but a bramble? This leads us to the issue of black raspberry vs. blackberry vs. mulberry. [Read More...](  [Blackberries]( [The Blackberry Heaven: All in One Gardening Guide is Available Now!]( Blackberries are so easy to grow, they grow wild all over the country. But in case you don’t have access to a convenient wild bush, in the Blackberry Heaven: All in One Gardening Guide, you get everything you need to know about growing your own. [Read More ...](  Seeds & Seedlings [How to Dehydrate Apples in the Oven]( [Apples]( Fresh apples are divine but what if you can’t eat them fast enough? At room temperature, fresh apples will last about a week. Then they start to get bruised and mealy. Stored in the fridge, apples will keep for about a month or two depending on the variety. Sure, you can learn how to [freeze apples]( and [can apples](. But if you learn how to dehydrate apples, you can keep them for up to 6-12 months. And while you could shell out some moolah to buy an electric food dehydrator, you can easily learn how to dehydrate apples in the oven. Plus, you won’t have to find a storage spot for yet another kitchen gadget. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Recipe Lion Magazine Nov/Dec 2022 Issue Available Now!]( In this issue, you’ll delight in 40 Holiday Sweets for Gatherings and Gifting. You’ll discover our Pie Table Favorites like Mini Pumpkin Pies and Cranberry Pecan Lattice Pie. We also share 12 Cheerful Holiday Cookies like Chewy Maple Sugar Cookies and First Snow Cookies. You’ll also enjoy Perfect Pot Luck Desserts like Ho-Ho-Ho-liday Cinnamon Rolls and Melty Mint Bark. Explore the issue now and get cooking! 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