Vegetable Garden

Freeze drying is the process of removing the water content from a food and replacing it with a gas. Freeze drying is a great way to preserve vegetables while maintaining their color, texture and...

Storing squash seeds requires minimal effort, a little organization and a spot in your freezer or refrigerator to keep them fresh and viable for next year's planting. Squash seeds store very well...

Growing your own vegetable garden is a healthy and rewarding hobby. Tending a garden alleviates stress, providing a fresh-air escape from life's pressures. Further, you have the comfort of knowing...

Heirloom tomatoes are a cultivar of tomatoes that are open-pollinated, meaning the variety of tomato can be unknown as the seed was spread from insects, birds, the wind or any natural resources....

Creating a worm farm can be an interesting endeavor. Whether you are trying to raise worms for a gardening project or looking to sell them to a bait shop, you can create a worm farm with minimal...

After eating fresh sweet corn, eating corn that was harvested from your garden and preserved is the next best taste. You can preserve sweet corn by freezing or canning it. Freezing is the easiest...

Got more fresh corn than you can possibly eat? Lucky you! Now you can have summer fresh corn on the cob on January’s chilliest winter night. How fun is that? You’ll be the envy of everyone you...

There is a safe, easy and quick way to freeze corn on the cob without blanching. If you are short on time, you can easily find time to freeze corn on the cob using this method.

If your garden is booming like ours is you have too many tomatoes to eat fresh. Unfortunately without preserving them via canning or freezing they just won't last. Processing organic tomato juice...

If you plant a garden, or just want fresh peppers all year long freezing them can help you achieve your goals.

Zucchini can be frozen quickly without blanching. This is an easy way to freeze summer zucchini to use all winter for your favorite zucchini bread recipe. Freezing zucchini with this method can...

Harvest time is here and you have a garden full of fresh beets. But how can you preserve the sweet deep red flavor of this vegetable so you can enjoy it’s flavor for the rest of the year.

Do you have a bumper crop of green beans that you are trying to figure out what to do with? One fast and easy way to process green beans is to freeze them. They maintain a great flavor all year,...

It's harvest time for the zucchini. And the zucchini is coming on so good in our garden this year. You can only eat so much zucchini fresh so it needs to be frozen to be enjoyed in the winter...

Tomatoes are more nutritious raw than frozen, but when one has a bumper crop, freezing is the next best thing. They will get mushy, but are great for flavorful soups, sauces, and stews. There...

Tired of spending hours a day canning tomatoes just to have them go moldy in the jar? This is so easy that you'll never spend another day canning tomatoes the old fashioned way! Using this...

Growing green beans in the garden is the healthiest and best tasting way to have fresh beans all year long.

Buying corn on the cob can be quite expensive, and a lot of times, it is not very sweet. Grow your own corn from seed. After the first season, you will have continuous seeds for planting every...

Everyone loves fresh vegetables and black eyed peas, also known as cow peas, are definitely one of my favorites. If you grow your own or choose to buy, you definitely want extra so you can enjoy...

We love our garden and so sad the season has come to an end. They start as little seeds, grow into healthy plants and produce a harvest of green peppers. So what do you do with all those green...

Snap beans, otherwise known as green beans, are one of the easiest and most prolific garden vegetables to grow. One of the best ways to preserve the beans for winter is by freezing them. Frozen...

I don’t know if you realize but corn does not grow in the cans or in the freezer section. Someone has to do very hard work to get it there. We grow our own and we do that hard work so in the...

This is a tried and true method for storing purple hull peas for enjoyment all year long.

If you love the taste of fresh corn on the cob then follow these simple steps to have that same fresh taste all year long.

Tomatillo plants produce an extraordinary amount of fruit. Fresh tomatillos taste delicious chopped into salsa verde, but if you have more tomatillos than you can use, consider freezing them!...

Freshly grown garden greens are not well suited to home canning because they tend to turn to mush; but they do freeze very well. Any greens that you would eat cooked can be frozen for you to enjoy...