Welcome to The Strawberry Pantry
If you’re dreaming of a simpler way to feed your family—starting with what you grow and preserve yourself—you’re in the right place.
This is a cozy space filled with helpful tips, gentle guidance, and beginner-friendly canning advice to help you build a pantry full of homemade goodness. Whether you’re just getting started with canning for beginners or planning your first canning garden, you’ll find step-by-step guides, practical resources, and plenty of encouragement to start small and grow with confidence.
Here, the focus is on slowing down, doing things by hand, and finding joy in every jar.
Canning for Beginners
Want to can vegetables, soups, and meats at home? Our beginner’s guide to pressure canning covers everything you need to know—equipment, safety, step-by-step instructions, and easy recipes to get started!
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Planning a Canning Garden
Want to grow a garden that actually fills your pantry? This beginner-friendly guide walks you through everything you need to plan a canning garden—from what to plant and how much, to when to harvest and preserve it all.
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Latest Posts
- What Is a Canning Garden? A Simple Way to Grow What You’ll Actually UseA canning garden is a veggie garden planted with your pantry in mind. Instead of growing a bit of everything, you focus on crops you’ll actually preserve—like tomatoes for sauce, cucumbers for pickles, or green beans for the pressure canner. You grow with recipes in mind, plan for harvests that make sense for canning, and aim to fill jars, not just salad bowls.
- How Often Should You Water Your Veggie Plants?Most veggie plants need 1 to 1.5 inches of water a week, which usually means a deep soak two or three times weekly—more often in hot, dry weather or for young seedlings. A good rule of thumb? Water when the top few inches of soil are dry, and aim for deep, consistent moisture to build strong roots.
- 5 Essential Garden Jobs for May (Zone 6 Veggie Patch Checklist)Growing a vegetable garden in Zone 6? Here are 5 simple but important jobs to tackle in May—like planting, mulching, feeding your soil, and keeping pests away.
- How to Keep Cats Out of Your Vegetable Garden NaturallyTired of finding cat paw prints (or worse) in your vegetable beds? Learn simple, natural ways to keep cats out of your garden—no harsh chemicals or drama needed.
- Don’t Skip This Step! How Processing Time Keeps Your Canned Food SafeOne of the biggest mistakes people make when canning is not using the correct processing time.I get it—after hours of washing jars, prepping produce, and stirring hot pots, it’s tempting to rush that last step and shave off a few minutes. But here’s the thing: those final minutes in the canner are not optional. They’re…