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A preserving plan for the family

How many jars of what your family needs, how many kilograms of vegetables and plants in the garden that means, when each thing is made and what to buy

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A preserving plan for the family

In short

  • Preserves cover roughly 30 weeks: from November to the end of May.
  • Work backwards: jars a week × 30 weeks + 10 % reserve.
  • The norm is 30–40 jars of 700 mL per adult equivalent (AE). The family of four in the example (3.1 AE) needs roughly 120 kg (265 lb) of vegetables and about 110 jars of various sizes.
  • Spread the work over 8–12 working days from July to October, not two weekends.
  • Count what's left in spring: it is the best data for next year's plan.

What's inside

Chapters

  1. How a preserving plan works
  2. How much a family eats
  3. Example: a family of four
  4. From jar to kilograms of vegetables
  5. From kilograms to the garden
  6. Jar, freezer or cellar
  7. The preserving calendar
  8. Shopping and costs
  9. The larder: space and order
  10. At the end of the season
  11. Common mistakes
  12. Printable checklist

Worksheets

  • Jars for the winter calculator
  • Pepper and tomato calculator
  • Other vegetables and garden calculator
  • Family preserving calendar
  • Batch plan
  • Shopping and costs
  • Yearly review

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