Preserving a Year’s Supply of Garlic (and Moving Pigs!) @TheSeasonalHomestead
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Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
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In this video we ferment garlic, freeze garlic, freeze dry garlic, and braid it! We're also rotating the pigs to fresh pasture and giving an update on our food growing in pig pen experiment.

GARLIC RECIPES & RESOURCES ON OUR BLOG-
Freezing Garlic Recipe: theseasonalhomestead.com/how-to-freeze-garlic
Fermented Garlic Recipe: theseasonalhomestead.com/fermented-garlic-easy-recipe
The Difference Between Hardneck and Softneck Garlic (when you would want to use each and what to grow in your area): theseasonalhomestead.com/hardneck-vs-softneck-garlic
How to Harvest, Cure, and Store Garlic: theseasonalhomestead.com/how-to-harvest-cure-and-store-garlic-long-term
How to Plant Garlic: theseasonalhomestead.com/how-to-plant-garlic
Video with More info on the Fertilization Soak and How we Planted the Garlic in November: youtu.be/Gx8qnblfVJU?si=cWK6XMC6A8fFnrUb

Silicone Cube Tray used in video (I got the 20 cube set of 2- at the time of writing this they are sold out of the color I got but still have a peach color!) amzn.to/4ot0Gxg

Insect netting (I have 25 gram weight and 6.9' wide), wire hoops, & Field Irrigation: farmersfriend.com/c/the-seasonal-homestead

Weed Barrier Paper & Stakes: weedguardplus.com/ecomulch-natural-organic-earthtone/?searchid=6811&search_query=omri

SHOP Mineralyte Fertilizer and more here: shop.redmondagriculture.com/discount/SEASONALHOMESTEAD?rfsn=8399179.970826 Use code SEASONALHOMESTEAD for 15% off.

Redmond Salt for Fermenting: glnk.io/oq72y/theseasonalhomestead Use code SEASONALHOMESTEAD for 15% off.

Soil Knife- amzn.to/3pmm4L4
Weed Torch amzn.to/3xm7Gpu
Weed Barrier Paper arbico-organics.com/product/sunshine-paper-co-ecomulch-rolls/weed-barriers
Japanese Weeding Sickle- amzn.to/3Jy47jl
Favorite Large Tools- theseasonalhomestead.com/11-time-saving-garden-tools-for-a-large-garden
Soil Blocker 2 inch- amzn.to/3Icy5ZX
Soil Blocker 4 inch- amzn.to/3VRvFp3
Jang Seeder - farmersfriend.com/p/jang-seeder?Model=JP1&Package=No+Rollers

Garden Plants:
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Garden Infrastructure:
Caterpillar Tunnel & High Tunnel farmersfriend.com/c/the-seasonal-homestead

My blog: theseasonalhomestead.com
Shop My Favorite Things: theseasonalhomestead.com/shop-my-favorite-things
Music: epidemicsound.com/referral/5slh1q

Garden Planning & Preserving Journal:

Seedtime garden planner: seedtime.us/jkmel4ukl4tonac09iap-5fs?ref=becky-porter82
Amy's (my sister) garden planner 2025 version: amzn.to/3DGm2EF
*This is the biggest and best paper garden and preserving planner out there! I am biased of course but take my word for it, you won't be disappointed.

Canning and Preserving Supplies:

Electric water bath canner: rootsandharvest.com/products/electric-bath-canner.html?searchid=0&search_query=electric+canner
Juicer: I have this one: amzn.to/47l5taa but you can find a similar one for cheap here: amzn.to/486YXoR
Freeze Dryer: affiliates.harvestright.com/1290.html
Dehydrator: amzn.to/3nV8JbW
Pressure Canner: amzn.to/42Hk0Lw
Waterbath Canner: amzn.to/3VYZgwD
Sauce Maker: amzn.to/43EFycq

Chapters:
00:00 Garlic Planting and Harvest
00:40 Fermented Garlic
02:53 Moving Pigs
04:54 Braiding Garlic
06:22 Vessi
07:29 Planting Food for the Pigs
10:47 Bug Prevention in the Garden
14:43 Update on the first crop we grew for the pigs
15:20 Freezing Garlic
18:46 Freeze Drying Garlic
21:00 Storage for Frozen Garlic


Most links are affiliate links. Please know I will only recommend items I LOVE and use myself, at no extra cost to you, and it helps support the channel! You guys are the best! -Becky
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