The main methods
- Freezing. Easiest for most vegetables and fruit; blanch veg first. Great for beans, corn, berries, peppers.
- Drying / dehydrating. Ideal for herbs, chilies, tomatoes and fruit; works beautifully in dry Southwestern air.
- Fermenting. Sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles and hot sauce; simple, no special gear.
- Canning. Water-bath for high-acid foods (jams, pickles, tomatoes with added acid); a pressure canner is required for low-acid vegetables and is the only safe way for them.
Match it to your crop
Glut of tomatoes? Freeze, dry or can with added acid. Too many chilies? Dry or ferment into hot sauce. Herbs taking over? Dry or freeze in oil. Excess cucumbers or cabbage? Ferment into pickles and kraut.
What the Pantry & Preserving module does
Log each batch of jam, sauce, pickles or canned goods with its date, and the app keeps a running pantry. It tells you what you have, in what quantity, and warns you before anything is past its best, so you eat your preserves in good order instead of finding a forgotten jar at the back of the shelf.
Why it is better
Most people preserve a big batch in fall and lose track of it by spring. A tracked pantry fixes that.
- Every batch dated. Know exactly what you put up and when.
- Eat-by warnings. The pantry flags batches to use before they turn, so nothing is wasted.
- Tied to your crops. A glut in the garden suggests the best way to keep it.
- Works offline. Log a canning day at the bench with no signal.
How to use it in three steps
Log a batch
Record what you made, how much, and the date, in seconds.
Watch the pantry
See your stock at a glance and what to use first.
Eat it in time
Follow the eat-by nudges so the whole pantry gets enjoyed.
How it connects
Preserving is the bridge between a big harvest and a well-fed winter.
- A glut flagged in your garden points you straight to the best preserving method.
- A full pantry tells next year's harvest plan to ease off, so you grow the right amount.
- It is one more loop in the system. See how it all connects.
Keep every bit of your harvest.
Free to start, works offline, and built for your US region.