Few things hit the spot like a good Plum Preserves Recipe. Making plum preserves at home is a classic way to hold onto the bold, sweet-tart flavor of summer’s best plums. People love these preserves ...

Never feel daunted by an abundant crop with these preservation strategies. I can see the plums ripening in the forest garden. Though they will not be ready to harvest for another month or so, I like ...

Can Plum Island, an 843-acre island a mile and a half off the eastern end of Long Island—originally the site in the early 1950s of a U.S. Army laboratory with a mission to develop biological warfare ...

“L.A. in a Jar” is a four-part series on preserving fruit at home throughout the seasons in Southern California, complete with helpful tips and guidance on everything you need to know about making and ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Try these three methods to capture the essence of summer fruit in jams and jellies. By Yewande Komolafe There’s almost no way around the fact that making preserves is a process. But for me that’s what ...

The decades-long effort to turn a tiny island at the eastern approach to Long Island Sound into a nature sanctuary has gotten a big boost from the recently enacted federal budget, which orders the ...