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During the fall and winter, I probably won’t be shooting a video every single week but I did want to create one on preserving the harvest from the garden. I get a lot of questions about this topic so I thought I’d cover the different methods we use for specific vegetables and fruits. In the video, I show you how […]
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As you know, I’ve been joking this summer about how my husband has been trying to take over our vegetable garden. This year, he grew a ton of peppers in our hoop house, which we’ve been using in tomato sauce and salsa, and for cooking. Recently, Bill decided to roast peppers, which I think is a great way to preserve […]
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If you are looking at this photo and thinking it’s a bunch of egg yolks, let me quickly clarify that’s not the case at all. What you’re seeing is a twist on my favorite sandwich to make during tomato season. Ordinarily, I make these sandwiches with larger slicing tomatoes but since we have a lot of Sungold tomatoes right now, […]
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Are you as crazy about succulents as I am? I love all of the amazing leaf types and colors, the different sizes and how easy they are to grow. That’s the topic of this week’s column. Here is a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Versatile succulents gaining in popularity. (you can also find this week’s video […]
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I love growing, storing, and cooking with onions. They can be used in so many different types of dishes. The timing on harvesting onions can seem a little tricky so I wanted to share a bit of information with you. And I also wanted to point out something that can impact how long they’ll keep in storage. As I’ve occasionally […]
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During my recent video on July garden tasks, I mentioned how I’d harvested most of my broccoli heads for freezing purposes. Blanching vegetables first is a way of preserving the harvest and applies to peas, beans, broccoli, and other veggies. According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, you blanch vegetables prior to freezing for several reasons: “Blanching (scalding […]
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Did you grow a fair amount of garlic last year? Are you wondering how you’ll use it up before it becomes bitter? Well, here’s a simple way to preserve garlic for future use. When garlic is put into storage — in our case, down in our cool basement — the cloves eventually develop a sprout in the center, which can […]
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I’ve been growing vegetables for a very long time. Because of this, it can be easy to overlook how to do certain tasks, such as preserving the harvest. I suddenly realized you might like to know how to harvest and store your potatoes so out came the video camera! This year, we grew our two varieties in our main potato […]
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When fall and winter get here, one of the things I miss is eating freshly-picked zucchini from my garden. We gardeners all know they are far superior to the ones you can buy at grocery stores, which are often rubbery and shriveled up. While listening to one of Joe Lamp’l’s podcasts recently (Preserving the Harvest with Theresa Loe), I learned […]
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For years, I’ve been growing my own celery. That might sound silly since celery is so readily available at grocery stores. However, I’ve found that homegrown celery is more flavorful and crispy. Also, I get to harvest a stalk at a time, as needed. How many times have you purchased a head of celery, used a stalk or two for […]
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