Storing food

Three things are needed to anwser your Question:

1) What tools & skills do you have now?

2)What kind/type of vegetable/fruit-food do you want to store?

3)What taste do you have? Can goods & pickled goods or dried goods taste different.

They also taste different then store bought goods.

You will need a freezer & freezer bags, vacuum sealed bags last longer, but you will need a vacuum sealer & vacuum bags.

Drying, then placing in a air tight container, glass jar is best, but you will need a dehydrater.

Most meats can be smoked, with a smoker.

Canning in the UK. is to preserve food in a tin cans ( it was used here in the USA. in the 1800- early 1900's.). Today in the USA. we can in glass jars( Ball & Kerr Jars).

I get my ball jars from Walmart. You will need a large pot to sterilize the jars, a steam pressure canner to seal jars(there are other ways too).

Lacto-fermentation-Sauerkraut,chutneys,relishies,pickles,kimchi.

 You will need Vinegar,canning salts,glass jars,stove.

A fruit press to make cider.

You can let beans dry on the vine, then pick them, lay them out to dry some more & shell them. Once they are shelled, store them in jars, you can do the same with any seeds or grains, also.

Fruit syrups,jellys,jams & honey can be stored in the same jars for canning & pickling.

Last, but not least, you can store root crops in the ground( under a heavy mulch) all winter & dig them as you need them. You can store them & winter squash in a bured 55gallon drum or a cellar, if you have one.

Checkout "Preserving the Harvest" & "Root Cellar- non processed food storage" for more information then I can give you.