Tag: Gardening
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How to Preserve Peppers for Winter
Pepper plants can keep producing surprisingly late into the season. Then frost appears in the forecast and suddenly there are peppers everywhere. Thankfully, peppers are incredibly versatile when it comes to preservation. Freeze Them For many cooked uses, freezing is the easiest option. Wash and prepare the peppers appropriately, portion them and freeze them for… Read more
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5 Ways to Preserve Fresh Herbs Before Winter
Fresh herbs are one of the easiest things to overlook when you’re rushing to prepare the garden for cold weather. Then frost arrives. And suddenly all that basil you meant to harvest is gone. Before cold weather settles in, here are five ways to preserve herbs for winter. 1. Air Dry Them Air drying works… Read more
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How to Preserve Your Garden Harvest Before Frost
The first frost has a way of sneaking up on you. One minute, you’re picking tomatoes and peppers in the sunshine. Then you look at the forecast and suddenly realize: It’s time to get everything out of the garden. Instead of scrambling at the last minute, I like to think of the weeks before frost… Read more
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What to Do With an End-of-Summer Tomato Harvest
There comes a point every summer when the garden seems to decide that every tomato needs to ripen at the exact same time. One day you’re waiting impatiently for the first red tomato. A few weeks later, your counter is covered in them. That’s one of my favorite problems to have. Instead of letting an… Read more