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Jun 2, 2007 | 10:03 PM PST

Took some more pictures today of different things blooming. Picked the second strawberry and shared it with my daughter. Lost the first to a bird or something. It was a bit sour yet. Maybe some netting to keep the birds out is in the plans somewhere.

We have been enjoying the fresh herbs in various dishes and sandwiches. I've been researching how to harvest and save them. For soups the chopping and freezing in water in ice cube trays sounds easy. Simply just chopping and freezing for cooking may be the way I go. I already do that for onions, green pepper, celery and parsley and it works fine for soups, stew and sauces where you really don't need crisp veggies.

The last of the peonies which are the dark pink one have bloomed. I'll have to get in there and trim them down & clean up to make way for the daylilies.

Finally got some rain, but mostly quick downpours then the sun comes out. Better than nothing.

Tomorrows HS graduation! Two down and one to go.

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divaqs	Jun 2, 2007 \| 11:57 PM PST I'd be really curious to hear more about what you've been finding out and your experiences with freezing vegetables and herbs. I've been considering doing that this year, but have no experience with it.
mysteryluvr54	Jun 9, 2007 \| 8:30 AM PST For sauces, soups or anything I cook, I have frozen, chopped celery, onion, green pepper and pasley. I just wash and chop in the food processor, spread on a cookie sheet and freeze. Then break it up a bit and tranfer to a zip lock. In reading around it looks like you can do that with most fresh herbs, too. I haven't tried the ice cube trays yet. Will try to get to that this weekend because I want to keep the plants small and don't want them to go to seed or flower, because some say it's better to use before that happens. Freezing makes things mushy, but they get mushy when their cooked anyway. I will try drying some, too. I've only dried Lavender, so the herbs will be a new experience for me. I'll keep you posted.

divaqs

Jun 2, 2007 | 11:57 PM PST
I'd be really curious to hear more about what you've been finding out and your experiences with freezing vegetables and herbs. I've been considering doing that this year, but have no experience with it.

mysteryluvr54

Jun 9, 2007 | 8:30 AM PST
For sauces, soups or anything I cook, I have frozen, chopped celery, onion, green pepper and pasley. I just wash and chop in the food processor, spread on a cookie sheet and freeze. Then break it up a bit and tranfer to a zip lock. In reading around it looks like you can do that with most fresh herbs, too. I haven't tried the ice cube trays yet. Will try to get to that this weekend because I want to keep the plants small and don't want them to go to seed or flower, because some say it's better to use before that happens. Freezing makes things mushy, but they get mushy when their cooked anyway. I will try drying some, too. I've only dried Lavender, so the herbs will be a new experience for me. I'll keep you posted.

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