Friday, September 28, 2012

First Freeze

One last look inside the greenhouse.  It's been a good year.  Our first freeze was forecast for Thursday night, so Wednesday was a big day picking through the garden.
The last of the green tomatoes, more dry beans, a few cukes, my seed cuke, a handful of peppers, the last dill weed, all of the cabbages, a few more peas for seed, a lone broccoli head, and a few cobs of corn.  There are still beans out there, that I never got to, and might not, though I'd like to get them in for seed.  I picked another bucket of beets, though they'll be fine underground as well.  Carrots still need pulling as well, before I can set the turkeys loose in the garden.

Beet pickles, and one final jar of dills.

I'm canning the smaller heads of cabbage for lazy cabbage rolls this winter.  The larger heads will go in the freezer whole.  More salsa to be made, and horseradish to harvest.  Still plenty to do, even after the freeze.
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  1. herdogSeptember 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM

    Wow! Thanks for sharing your bounty picture with us. It's beautiful. You freeze your cabbage whole? Do tell. How does it turn out? BTY, those are some great looking heads.

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    1. WendySeptember 29, 2012 at 7:40 AM

      Thanks!

      My sister started it, lol. She buys cabbage, freezes it, then defrosts it to make cabbage rolls. It softens the leaves, makes them pliable. I used to precook fresh cabbage in a bowl of water to soften the leaves.

      I'm not sure how long they should keep this way. They look horrible about two days later. Last year I froze some for 3 or 4 months, and the outer leaves were really starting to get freezer burned.

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  2. LindaSeptember 28, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    That is a lovely picture at the head. Your garden is chugging right along. You have had a great year, it seems. Canning and freezing whole heads interests me, too. My hens would be love to be let loose in a garden! I was looking at Harvest 2012, and it's amazing! Do you have the 2011 harvest to compare? Your boys eat well.

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    1. WendySeptember 29, 2012 at 7:42 AM

      Thanks!

      I'm chopping the smaller heads for canning.

      Harvest 2011 is here somewhere... lol

      Thanks.

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  3. Sue FrelickSeptember 29, 2012 at 5:35 AM

    We are close to our first frost too. It will be sometime in the next 2 weeks according to a zone chart I looked at. I hope you have time to get to everything. Your canning looks great and so does the new banner photo. I like big photos :-)

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    1. WendySeptember 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM

      Thanks, Sue.

      Good luck in getting yours all harvested as well! It's such a rush at this time of year!

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  4. DonnaSeptember 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM

    We are due here in NH for our first good freeze too. We have had a couple of light frosts here in the Lakes Region.

    Nice pickings!

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    1. WendySeptember 29, 2012 at 7:47 AM

      Thank you! I hope your harvest is going well too!

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