[cherry]

concentrating on putting corn up by freezing....cutting the kernals off the fresh corn, parboiling for about a minute, and trying to quick freeze them so they freeze individually and then package them up in zip locks....good for throwing into stews and soups in the winter ....

I tried to pick blackberries the other day on my way home from Seattle but couldn't find a good area without a major road but I got a few...will try again in a week or two...many were still red...

and two boxes of peaches to take care of as well....

[JRandomFreeper]

Yep. Lots of veg need a quick blanch in boiling water before freezing.

Neighbor froze some home-grown leeks without doing that. Like eating nylon infused cardboard.

"Stocking Up" by Rodale Press 1977 (Ed, Carol Huppington Stoner, ISBN# 0-87857-167) is really good info on stocking up (go figure). It's a dead tree book, but I keep it around.

/johnny