I've got to get busy using up all the goodies I gleaned from the garden tonight before the frost sets in!
My plans so far:
blanch and freeze the swiss chard
make pepper jelly from the green peppers and jalapenos
can the leftover jalapenos
freeze the leftover green peppers
I haven't decided yet what to do with the banana peppers - maybe I'll can a quart of them along with the jalapenos.
Eat the tomatoes and broccoli
This will do it for the garden, except for the beets. If the frost doesn't arrive, I'll be able to get a bit more swiss chard too.
canning, freezing, and eating - oh my!
October 13th, 2006 at 03:01 am
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Nice to know someone else cans!! Seeing the pantry shelves filling up is almost as good as eating dinner right out of your garden.
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Beautiful pictures too, by the way! What type of camera are you using?
October 13th, 2006 at 05:18 pm 1160759927
BA, it's a Sony Cybershot, 5.1 megapixels. I had a crummy digital camera (just over 1 megapixel) when my first son was born, but decided I needed a better one when ds2 was on the way. My parents gave me this one for my birthday two years ago - I LOVE it. It's very easy to use and download pics from.
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Joan - it's swiss chard. For some reason, my spinach did not come back this year after I cut it the first time. Luckily, I can use swiss chard in a lot of my spinach recipes. I just froze all of that chard today (a plastic grocery bag overflowing) - and got two ziploc baggies full. Hmph.