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Preserving tomatoes

Post author:SHIFT
Post published:14 April 2023
Post category:Cooking Food gardening Preserving

by Lucinda Flynn It's the end of tomato season, and time to make sure your stores are full for winter. It's always best to use sauce varieties of tomato for preserving (like Roma, Amish Paste, or San Marzano) as they're meatier with more flesh and less juice. However, when you're…

Seed saving in summer

Post author:Edible Hub
Post published:6 February 2022
Post category:Community projects Food gardening Seed saving

by Pam Jenkins With the arrival of the hot weather, many spring plants are going up to seed. Leaving some herb and vegetable plants in the garden to flower and go to seed means that there are flowers for bees and small insects to forage from. Some veggies already have…

Preserving tomatoes

Seed saving in summer

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