Preserving Your OwnVegetable Garden ProduceYou simply cannot eat all of the produce you'll get from a moderately sized fruit and vegetable garden. Many people give plenty away to neighbours and friends in the glut of the season, only to have to resort to commercially available produce and the impending disappointment when comparing it back to what was grown at home. Preserving is the key.. There are a few different ways of preserving produce, not all are suitable for all types of produce.
Here's an example of a range of preserved fruit and vegetables grown in my parent's average sized, suburban backyard. A range of bottled fruit such as plums and apricots, tomatoes for sauces in winter and marmalades, jams and chutneys. Recipes for these are available in the Members' recipe interchange. 
Do you love Chillies? Pickled Jalapeno Chillies are commercially available and often used as anti pasto and as a topping on pizza just for starters, but, they're not exactly cheap! We grew and pickled a dozen jars of Jalapenos for a fraction of the cost and it is quick and easy to do, well, once you've grown the chillies!
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