September 28, 2005
Home Food Preservation
The National Center for Home Food Preservation has current research-based recommendations for canning, freeze drying, curing and smoking, fermenting, pickling and otherwise preserving fruit and vegetables at home. Funded by the USDA, it provides information for both amateurs and professionals as well. You can even enroll in a self study course offered by the University of Georgia in canning acid and low-acid foods. Just in time to finish using up the abundance of our summer's gardens and the fall harvest.
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September 06, 2005
Summer's End and Peaches
Oooooo Peaches!
Wow, do these recipes look great! Adapted from Chez Panisse Desserts, here is a mouthwatering guide to making peach ice cream and peach gallettes, along with an actual recipe for making your own ice cream cones! (Inexplicably, a recipe for making paella on the barbecue is also thrown in, but who's complaining?)
In the garden, summer is drawing to a close as the weather in many zones begins to cool. There is still much produce to harvest, however (see Picking at the Peak), and wonderful late-summer fruit in the markets to use for canning, baking and drying. See also our articles (All About Corn) and (Drying Flowers and Herbs).
Peach Bliss [House and Garden]
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August 29, 2005
All About Corn
Sweet corn picked fresh, heirloom or hybrid, is most people's idea of the heart and soul of a real vegetable garden. Love those Brussels sprouts. Wolf down the leafy greens. Feast on the melons and berries, but save your true devotion for the queen of the crop.
Here is the kind of article that LeafyLife loves to spotlight. It is full of interesting and useful information, new ideas, and helpful guidelines. We especially enjoyed the section on drying sweet corn to enjoy all winter long, something we've never tried that sounds so easy and soooo worthwhile!
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