How to Freeze & Dehydrate Strawberries 🍓 | Preserve Your Harvest for Year-Round Freshness

This Video is from the Youtube channel: “Homegrown Passion”. 

Harvest day at Bradwood Farm! Katy takes you inside our strawberry high tunnel to pick monster berries and shows exactly how we preserve them for the year ahead — flash freezing for smoothies and baking, and dehydrating for crunchy, sweet snacks.

You’ll learn how to:
✅ Pick perfectly ripe strawberries for freezing
✅ Prep berries for flash-freezing (no clumping or ice crystals)
✅ Slice and dehydrate strawberries evenly at 135 °F
✅ Store in freezer bags or airtight jars for long-term freshness
✅ Use dehydrated berries in oatmeal, trail mix & more

📦 Preservation Tip: Frozen strawberries last 8–12 months; dehydrated ones stay crisp for months in airtight jars.

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00:00 Intro – Welcome to Homegrown Passion 🍓
00:28 Giant Strawberries in the High Tunnel
00:40 Harvesting Tips & New Berry Basket Setup
01:20 Selecting the Best Strawberries to Freeze or Dry
02:40 Wrapping Up the Harvest & Heading to the Kitchen
03:10 Prepping Strawberries for Freezing – Cleaning & Hulling
04:00 Flash Freezing Setup – Cookie Sheet & Parchment
05:00 Feeding Strawberry Tops to the Chickens 🐔
05:45 Labeling & Bagging Frozen Strawberries for Storage
07:20 Prepping for Dehydration – Slicing Strawberries Evenly
08:00 Loading Trays & Setting the Dehydrator (135°F for 8–10 hrs)
09:58 Next Morning – Finished Dehydrated Strawberries
10:45 Storage Tips – Jars vs. Ziplock Bags
11:18 Taste Test & How Much 5 lbs Dehydrates To
12:03 Long-Term Storage & Vacuum Seal Options
12:20 Final Tips + How to Preserve Your Harvest Year-Round
12:34 Outro – Like, Subscribe & Next Project Preview 🌿

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