You could just slice your peppers and freeze them, but I have several recipes that call for a can of green chilis, so I fix my peppers up this way to use in those recipes instead of buying a can of chilis.
I grow anaheim peppers, but this would work with any hot pepper. Be careful [...]
If you want to save seeds from year to year, you must plant heirloom varieties of plants, not hybrids. I grow Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach. When it starts to get hot in the early summer, your spinach plants will bolt and get quite ugly looking. Don’t pull them! If you leave them, they will produce [...]
Here’s how to freeze all of that excess summer squash and zucchini.
Wash the squash. Slice. I slice mine between 1/4 and 1/2 inch.
Blanch the squash for 3 minutes. To blanch, bring a pot of water to a rolling boil. Pour the squash into the water and boil for 3 minutes. Remove from boiling water and [...]
I really like the bedspread we normally use, but it is very dark and wintery looking. I was wanting a lighter look for summer, but didn’t want to go out and spend a lot of money. I had a white bedspread we had used back when we had a guest bedroom before kids. Since my [...]
If you have extra berries and would like to freeze them for eating this winter, here’s how. I have used this method with blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries.
Rinse and drain the berries.
Put them in a tray and freeze. They should be in a single layer. This step freezes the berries individually so you can get them [...]
