What to do with a BUMPER crop of apples 🍏🍎🍎 with Melissa K Norris (#95) 

What do you do with your bumper crop of apples? In this episode of the Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast, you will learn how to preserve and can apples easily and safely - while keeping your loved ones safe from risks like botulism and mold! #orchardpeople #canningandpreserving #canning
Our guest is homesteading and canning expert Melissa K. Norris of the Pioneering Today Podcast and Academy.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Apple trees that Melissa grows in her orchard
02:03 Ways that Melissa preserves her apple harvest
02:23 Applesauce
02:50 Apple pie filling
03:11 Freeze dried apples
04:39 Dehydrators vs Freeze Driers
06:40 Nutrient value of freeze dried produce
07:44 How to use freeze dried apples
08:01 Price of freeze driers
08:55 How to store freeze dried foods
10:41 How to preserve crabapples
12:52 Recipes for apple bread
14:37 When to plant apple trees
17:43 Preserving the flavor of the original fruit
18:54 Storing apples in a root cellar
21:01 Storing apples in the crisper drawer of your fridge
21:23 Freezing your apple harvest
21:48 Canning apples
23:02 Fear of canning
23:32 Sun drying apples
24:43 Sharing the apple harvest with the community
25:50 Making apple cider
26:42 Canning safety and apples
29:38 Acidity and canning fruit
31:38 Where to find safe canning recipes
34:12 Making fruit leather from apples in the oven
37:53 Dehydrating timelines
40:05 Canned apple pie filling
43:26 Water bath vs Electric Canning
49:13 How to learn more about the topic and about fruit trees
51:13 Show wrap up
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