Storing and Preserving WInter and Spring

A mixture of bush and pole beans, harvested In August and September, canned and stored in the basement for use during the cold months

We love to use our canned tomatoes from the garden all winter long for chili, pasta sauce, and right from the jar!

Fresh picked collard leaves

Collards are washed chopped, blanched quickly in boiling water, then immersed in ice, cooled, packed in plastic containers with lids, then off to the freezer.

Broccoli heads picked this morning, cut into pieces, washed and drained

The broccoli is then blanched quickly in boiling water, plunged into ice water, then drained and put into plastic lidded containers for the freezer.