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The question is which Vegetable or Herb do I want to eat or enjoy, now and for the winter months? This sounds pretty simple, and yet it’s not. If you are planting a vegetable garden, will you be eating them all now, or will you be freezing or canning?

Have you ever known anyone that has zucchini –lot’s and lot’s of zucchini that they are giving away, at the end of the season? We try to grow what we know we will enjoy in the season and can be frozen for winter good eating, as well as trying a few new items.

Corn, Green Beans, Beats, Peas, Onions are just a few to mention that you can enjoy all year. Tomatoes are great for salsas, freezing (stewed or sauce). From this you can make great stews, spaghetti sauce, and so many tasty treats in the winter. Pumpkin and or Squash can be blended for freezing as well. If you have onion and peppers left from your plants, dice each of them up and freeze in freezer zip lock bags until you need them. You can blanch peppers for later, then make stuffed peppers, or chili or? We enjoy so much all the flavors of our summer garden all year long. We find that when the winter months are upon us and the market just does not have the greatest produce, we can just go our freezer and make great items for our meals. For the Herbs, now that is another story to be told. You can grow any of our herbs, dry them and place them in an airtight container.

Let us know what you have done with your vegetables after the season.

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