Sunday, August 21, 2011

Heading for the deep freeze...

I've been talking about it for years and it finally happened...
I bought a chest freezer!
While not full sized, I'm convinced that it is large enough to hold the garden produce and more.
Yesterday I grated zucchini and packaged it in 3 cup bags - the amount I use in my zucchini bread recipe. I also sliced a few for other things.
I also bagged some beans, and rhubarb.
This got me to thinking about next years vegetable garden...I could really become self sufficient in the veggie department if I do it properly.
You know what they say ... there is no garden as good as next years garden!

4 comments:

  1. You will love eating your own fresh veggies year round. Have you thought about freezing tomatoes - great for soups and stews and sauces.

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  2. Oh yes! I'm just getting good ripe ones now and I'm not tired of bacon and tomato's yet LOL I followed your link and I think I'll try freezing them your way this year (individually frozen wedges) I usually just skin them and freeze them whole. Thanks for the link :)

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  3. Well done! Zucchini bread sounds delicious!!! I smiled after reading Crafty Grdener's comment. Today, I found two small bags with frozen cut tomatoes-2010. They were the last, and I forgot about them. I use frozen tomatoes to cook them with onions and eggs.

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  4. I would say this year's garden was a fantastic one by looking at all the produce you are packing into your new freezer. I don't own a chest freezer here, but my mother has one and we share it as she doesn't have enough food to put in hers. I have to walk a quarter mile to get to my freezer in her garage, but even at that, it's still such a handy thing to have. Congratulations on your new purchase!

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