Gardening

Greetings Fellow Foodies,

I don't think I have told you this, but we have a garden.  Two actually, we have a garden in our back yard along with being involved in the community garden supported by the local College.  Last night was community garden night and we managed to get quite a few tomato's and green beans.  I also adopted another plot, that was sadly very neglected! But growing tomato's like mad!  The more tomato's the better! The community garden is doing a fall planting which I am very excited about. I am currently reading up on how to preserve all this fresh food. We can't possibly eat it all, course we do contribute to the local food bank what we know we will not use!

Now, I am a city girl.  I have no idea how to can, although I am very good at freezing! I have decided to learn to can this year so that I can start canning some of our harvests along with making some stews for those quick dinners. I am determined that nothing will go to waste and with the rising costs of food, I think it is a no brainer! Plus I know what was used on these vegetables and how they are being processed!  To me its a win win situation.  The downfall, I have a very tiny kitchen! 

This weekend I will be blanching and freezing tomato's for homemade sauce through the winter. Along with freezing tons of squash and zucchini that I can use in stews and soups!   I will keep you informed of how everything goes!  I have a few of my own special recipes for soup and sauce that I will share with you later! 

Wish me luck!!!!!!!