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Preserving
Make the most of your harvest and keep it for later.
Make more of your harvest
Preserving helps you make use of gluts and keep harvests for later with ideas such as jams, chutneys, pickles, sauces, drying and other supported methods.
Choose a crop or search the preserving library, then select a method to see its practical guidance.
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REFERENCE LIBRARY
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USEFUL PRESERVING EQUIPMENT
Drying a regular allotment glut?
Learn when a dehydrator is worthwhile, what capacity means in practice and how it compares with using an oven.