{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 34 Storing Vegetables Over Winter with Bruce Black & Kristin Bogdonas","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3175,"description":"In this week's episode of the Good Growing podcast, the group chats with Illinois Extension horticulture educator Bruce Black. Bruce shares best practices for storing garden produce for consuming over the winter. Plus the team calls on nutrition and wellness educator Kristin Bogdonas to help answer questions about canning and pickling. \n\nTopics covered in today's episode:\nWhat do we need to store vegetables?\nWhat is Bruce's favorite vegetable to keep over winter?\nHow long can we expect produce to stay good?\nPickling and fermenting foods\nWhat to do with tomatoes with the shortage of canning supplies?\nCuring and storing sweet potatoes\nHow to store garlic and onion\nStoring butternut squash\nPreparing the garden for next year\n\nLinks:\nFor more information on safe home food preservation methods and tested recipes, visit go.illinois.edu/nutritionwell. Here you will find recorded webinars and handouts on canning, freezing, drying, and fermenting. \n\nNeed to have your pressure canner dial-gauge tested? We recommend these be tested every year for accuracy. Find the closest office to you by visiting, https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/pressure_canning_testing_-locations_-_june_2020.pdf\n\nFreezing tomatoes https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/freeze/tomato.html\n\nUSDA Handbook 66 The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/oc/np/CommercialStorage/CommercialStorage.pdf \n\nContact the hosts\nKen Johnson kjohnso@illinois.edu\nKatie Parker keparkr2@illinois.edu\nChris Enroth cenroth@illinois.edu","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}