Time to Can or Freeze Vegetables

Here at OH! My Garden we will tell of the trials and tribulation of having a garden in the South, the soil is sand. This area is called the sandhills and that is just what the soil mostly consist of. The soil is an acid soil and has a limited amount of flowers and gardening plants that will grow, we work hard to get it to a better growing medium.

Certain plants love this acid soil such as azaleas, rhododendrens, camelias and gardenias. I am accumulating a list of perennials, annuals, shrubs and trees that are acid loving plants that I can grow in my sandy soil.

My favorite plants are herbs and I am working to get an assortment of herbs growing in my garden. Since my sandy soil is not the type of soil some of these herbs need to grow, I have started some raised herb beds to help accomplish my goal of having a large variety of herbs.

Spring blooming Primroses

Time to Can or Freeze Vegetables

Posted by Tricia on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 Under: Food Storage

Now that we are harvesting our vegetables from the garden we need to decide how to store what we are not eating right away. Fresh vegetables need to be stored as soon as possible after picking to preserve their goodness for those off season months.
Fruits and vegetables should be prepared, canned, put into the freezer, dried, or place in cold storage as soon as possible. Those foods that are usually cooked before eating are most suitable for freezing.

* asparagus
* lima beans
* beets
* cauliflower
* broccoli
* brussels sprouts
* peas
* carrots
* rhubarb
* squash
* sweet corn
* spinach
other green vegetables

Canned vegetables can include:

* Fresh lima beans
* Snap beans
* beets
* carrots
* cream style corn
* whole kernel corn
* mushrooms
* green peas
* squash
other greens

All low acid foods must be processed in a steam-pressure canner because they require temperatures higher than that of boiling water for sterilization.
High acid foods such as fruits, tomatoes, and pickled vegetables can be processed in a boiling-water bath.

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