Memorial Day Gardening, Preserving & Foraging

Asparagus, Rhubarb, Strawberries, Oh my!

I hope you’re enjoying a relaxing memorial day with your family, soaking in the sun and getting plenty of time in the garden (and woods).

Here’s a few things to fill your harvest basked (and larder) with this week:

In the Garden (& Barn)

• Planting Sprouted Garlic (Spring Garlic Planting)

• Planting Sprouted Onions

• How to Grow Pineberries

• How to Grow Honeyberries

• Duck Eggs vrs. Chicken Eggs: What’s the Difference

• How Much Does it Cost to Raise a Pig?

Homegrown Honeyberries

In the Kitchen

• Canning Strawberry Pie Filling

• Old Fashioned Strawberry Jam (& Strawberry Jelly)

• Rhubarb Mead and Rhubarb Wine

• Rhubarb Canning Recipes

• Lilac Jelly and Lilac Wine

• Canning Asparagus (& Pickled Asparagus)

Home-canned strawberry pie filling

Wild Edibles in Season

• 20+ Plants to Forage in Spring

• Foraging Morel Mushrooms

• Foraging Wild Asparagus

• Foraging Fiddlehead Ferns

• Foraging Wild Violets

• Foraging Pheasant Back Mushrooms

Pheasant Back Mushrooms

Preparedness/DIY

• Planning an Emergency Food Supply for Your Family

• Emergency Water Filtration & Purification

• Shelf Stable Food (Pantry Versions of Perishable Groceries)

• Canning Water for Emergencies

Canning Water for Emergencies

If you have questions, comments, or requests, please leave them in the comments of this post on substack. I love hearing from you, but I tend to lose emails in my inbox these days. If they’re in the comments, they’re all in one place so I make sure I get back to everyone.

Until Next Time,

Ashley at Practical Self Reliance