Better Home
Linda L. Osmundson
Enjoy your harvest
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Fifty&Better
SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR recipes and ways to store, dry, freeze or preserve your garden’s harvest. Fruits like apples and pears last a few months if wrapped singly in newspaper and placed in a container. Check often for spoilage. Wrap unripe tomatoes in newspaper and store in paper sacks. Cut tops from root vegetables, rinse and let dry well before storing in a sack. Pumpkins last about three months but zucchini must be refrigerated. Most rinsed and dried berries freeze well. Blanch apples and beans before freezing. Make apple or peach pie filling and freeze in usable portions. Wash and slice tomatoes, apples and peppers. Arrange in a single layer in a dehydrator or on a baking sheet placed in a low temperature oven. Slice beets, cucumbers, zucchini and/or onions. Cover with pickling vinegar, pour into jars and process in a canner. Make jams from fruits and berries. Enjoy your harvest all winter long.
