Caroline has a full guide to fermenting vegetables with salt tables over on her website to help you with your salt percentages; and she has also published a book all about fermentation if you’re ...

The following section on large-batch sauerkraut is from Part 3, “In the Crock: Fermenting Vegetables A to Z.” You can buy this book from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS store: Fermented Vegetables.

Lacto-fermentation is a precise art, yet it's still beginner- and budget-friendly. It doesn't require much more than produce ...