This peach jelly recipe captures the delicate flavor of summer peaches in a smooth, golden preserve—made with fresh juice, sugar, and pectin, perfect for canning.| Creative Canning
Strawberry wine is simple to make at home with minimal equipment. After you've canned your fill of strawberry jam, a small batch country wine is a great way to preserve strawberries for year round use.| Practical Self Reliance
Home winemaking is both fun and tasty, but the bottles can add up quickly. A single 5-gallon bath produces around 20 bottles of wine, and when I started making homemade wine I wanted to ferment| Practical Self Reliance
Peach jam is one of the best preserves of the summer. It's easy to make this classic peach preserve as either a freezer jam or canning recipe. Every summer we pick up a case| Practical Self Reliance
Hard cider is a tradition that's as old as the craft of orcharding itself. Some of the first apple trees produced sour, bitter apples that aren't great fresh but ferment into a spectacular alcoholic cider.| Practical Self Reliance
Canning peaches at home in a water bath canner is a simple way to preserve peaches on your pantry shelf without taking up freezer space.| Practical Self Reliance
Blackcurrant mead (honey wine) is a delicious way to use blackcurrants in the summertime. The tart fruit is balanced by the addition of honey, and the natural astringency of the blackcurrants is perfect in mead.| Practical Self Reliance
The smell of fresh lilacs is irresistible in the springtime, and homemade lilac wine captures those brief spring blossoms into a drink you can enjoy year-round. It's simple to make, with just a few ingredients| Practical Self Reliance
Peach jam is the perfect way to preserve the fresh taste of sweet, ripe peaches in the summertime. This is a small-batch peach jam recipe, but I've also included full-batch instructions if you happen to| Creative Canning