Thanks Diana, (dad will enjoy reading it too)
Did my first batch of tomatoes (sauce for chili) yesterdsy. Have a BIG batch of vegetable soup that we will freeze. Great to be able to pull and put in the microwave on a cold day.
Later in the week will do more tomatoes.(water bath)
Don’t have a canner. We decided we like the taste of frozen better, so I didn’t replace the old one mother had used and gave to me...
Also have been drying a few products this year for the first time. Onions turned out great. Will plant lots more next year or in my fall garden.
I freeze a lot, too. And this is the first season in a long time that I tried onions again. My soil is clay, but my flower beds are pretty loose, so I stuck onions in with the flowers. It looked pretty cool! Anyhow, they were ‘Red Candy’ and turned out great. They’re in a wicker basket drying in the garage.
I also put a big, red cabbage in the flower bed. It was happy as a lark there and produced a cabbage as big as my head. It’s so lovely! I have it in the fridge and am planning something special for it. :)
More cabbages and more onions next year for sure!