Helpful guides to growing and using your own food inc recipes. Not for the novice, it assumes some familiarity with growing and harvesting.

Ridiculously helpful planning guide book for the beginning-intermediate gardener who wants to plan a year's worth of growing and preserving in their own homestead.

Was not able to read this book before it expired. I believe I would have liked it based on the synopsis.

This is an excellent instructional book on how to grow, harvest, freeze, store and can different types of vegetables. It's easy to read and understand. You can jump around to the desired sections.

A great book on how to grow the ingredients for your pantry , how to store them by drying , freezing and canning......

This is a gorgeous book full of lovely images and hints and tips to make sure that you can get the best out of what you grow at home. I loved the lay out and its definitely a book I'd recommend, lots of helpful information as we are looking to grow more of our own food this year as we have a little one on the way.

Homegrown Pantry by Barbara Pleasant is a must buy for anyone who wants to start growing their own food at home and learn about food preservation. This book is organized by chapter and is just filled with information on the different kinds of vegetables, fruits, and herbs that are perfect for your own home garden. Ms. Pleasant also shows you how to dry, freeze, and can this produce for long lasting preservation and storage. If you ever thought about starting or even learning more about home food growing, this is a perfect book for you!

Sadly although the book is packed with information and projects it doesn't work for me in Europe. I have no need for dehydrated food or for huge amounts of canned food either. I think if I followed the writers advice I would not have time to grow products or to cook them. I love that you can do all these things but I realised reading this his book that I want to eat seasonally not hoard food on my shelves

This is a georgeous book, the photos and articles within it are laid out superbly. It is simple to follow and not over cluttered or complicated. Each section is concise and to the point, with loads of tips and advice. It is a must have for any gardener, either those with previous knowledge or a beginner there will be things in this book that you will learn. The recipes sound divine and i cannot wait to try them.
I have quite a few gardening, preserving books, turns out i really didn't need that many. I just needed this one. Barbara Pleasant has not missed a thing with this book. It has everything you need and then some things you didn't realise you needed. It has topics that cover growing, pests and diseases, storing, recipes for a whole range of preservation methods. It covers vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Jams, chutneys, dried foods, and if that wasn't enough a whole section on teas as well. This is something i have never come across in any of my gardening/ preserving books. It is an inspiration to read. I understand that it is aimed at US readers, but it works well for a UK gardener as well. If i ever come across it for sale over here i will definitley be buying it.

This book is another great example of a perfect home vegetable and fruit grower gardener reference book. Not only are complete growing tips, preserving recipes, serving recipes and plant disease control for summer and winter vegetables, but this book includes ground fruit, berries, fruit trees and herbs. Highly recommend this book.

The Homegrown Pantry is a must-have for any gardener. Barbara Pleasant created a complete resource for individuals interested in harvesting a fresh food bounty from their own backyard.

The text is sectioned into five main parts: Why Grow Your Own Foods, Preservation Methods, Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs. In theses sections Pleasant provides a basic foundation of how to prepare your garden, choose what to grow, a seasonal guide for what to plant when, harvesting advice, and Storage, including methods for: Cold Storage, Freezing, Drying, Canning, Fermentation.

The photography compliments the food giving the book a rustic feel which any gardener is bound to appreciate.

Homegrown Pantry has great information for the home gardener. Packed full of plant details and valued varieties, it also includes growing tips was well as lots of storage ideas for your bounty. Many tempting recipes too.

Homegrown Pantry is a book with lots of valuable information for those who want to grow and preserve their own food. The first part of the book covers the growing part, but somewhat sparingly. [ADD detail] The second part covers preservation of foods: freezing, drying, fermenting, canning. This section is not too lengthy, but is well-written to include the basic steps and tips for each process. The third section is all about vegetables. Each vegetable's section contains a guide to how much to grow, recommended varieties, and best methods of preservation. Recipes are interspersed within this section (not necessarily one per vegetable type.) And, the vegetables listed seem confined to the more "traditional" American types. For example, I don't see bok choy anywhere. The next section covers fruits in the same way as vegetables. Again, there is not a wide variety of fruits (missing blackberry, apricots, figs, etc.) The preservation section seems a bit sparse. The last section in my copy was the Herbs section. Here again, the variety is not huge, and it could really use a larger focus on preserving herbs in general.
Overall, I'd say this would be a very helpful book for a beginner with more "traditional" tastes. Photography is very good, making everything seem very appetizing and do-able for a beginner. But, if someone wants a comprehensive guide to growing and preserving their harvest, this book seems a bit lacking in certain areas.

I am loving Plant to Preserve - Home Grown Pantry. It is a blend of gardening advice, insect protection, harvest information and full blown preservation of your harvest. I was surprised at some of the suggestions, like storing potatoes in open boxes under your bed - who would have thought about that as being a great, cool, dark place for produce! The produce pages include an image, a description of the vegetable or fruit with quantity per person per season suggestion. Then, Barbara Pleasant provides tips on the best types of vegetable for spring and fall crops, plus how to grow and protect the vegetables. To wrap it up, instructions are given concerning harvesting, fresh storage, fermented, dehydrated, canned, frozen, wined and dined and any other ways of using our wonderful crops and fruits including recipes. The book features beautiful images and easy to understand information, this will be my go-to reference book. Full Disclosure: I was allowed to read a copy of this book for free as a member of NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review. The opinions I have expressed are my own and I was not influenced to give a positive review.