UC Home Gardening, Preservation, and Storage Publications
Home Gardening, Preservation, and Storage
- Apples: Safe Methods to Store, Preserve, and Enjoy(PDF 462k)
- Cantaloupe, Safe Methods to Store, Preserve and Enjoy
- Garlic, Safe Methods to Store, Preserve and Enjoy (PDF 15k)
- Growing Seed Sprouts at Home (PDF 193k)
- Harvesting and Storing Your Home Orchard's Nut Crops: Almonds, Walnuts, Pecans (UC Pub PDF 222k)
- Key Points of Control and Management for Microbial Food Safety: Edible Landscape Plants and Home Garden Produce (PDF 71k)
This publication provides a brief outline of the important components of microbial food safety practices for home gardeners and edible landscape practitioners. The diversity and scale of home garden environments, gardening practices, and food handling practices make a single approach to food safety planning in the garden unrealistic. This publication, drawn from research and practical experience, focuses on the key guiding principles of preventing contamination, reducing the survival of pathogens, and preventing cross-contamination at each step. - Olives: Safe Methods for Home Pickling (PDF 574k)
- Oranges: Safe Methods to Store, Preserve and Enjoy (PDF 1.12MB)
- Pantry Pests: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (PDF 174k)
Stored-product pests are usually brought into the home in an infested package of food. The most common insects infesting food in the home are meal moths or pantry beetles.
- Peppers, Safe Methods to Store, Preserve and Enjoy (PDF 111k)
- Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetables (PDF 242k)
Guidelines for minimizing the risk of foodborne illness from fresh fruits and vegetables through proper handling, washing, and storage. The publication is available as a brochure in both English and Spanish and as a camera-ready version of a refrigerator magnet:- English Publication on Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetable (PDF 242k)
- English Brochure on Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetable (PDF 1629k)
- English Camera-Ready Magnet on Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetable (PDF 301k)
- Spanish Brochure on Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetable (PDF 1490k)
- Spanish Camera-Ready Magnet on Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetable (PDF 326k)
- Safe Methods of Canning Vegetables (PDF 355k)
- Safe Methods for Preparing Pickles, Relishes, and Chutneys (UC Pub)
- Storing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables for Better Taste (PDF 24k)
A chart and poster produced by the UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center, showing the proper storage of fruits, melons and vegetables.
- Strawberries: Safe Methods to Store, Preserve, and Enjoy (PDF 404k)
- Tomatoes, Safe Methods to Store, Preserve and Enjoy(PDF 286k)