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Enjoy cherries longer

(NC)—You don’t have just the summer season to enjoy the sweet, juicy goodness of Northwest cherries; simple preservation will have you enjoying cherries all year long.

1. Freeze Your Cherries

Freeze pitted northwest cherries for best the flavour. Work with small amounts, 3lbs to 5lbs (1.5 to 2.5 kg) of northwest fresh sweet cherries at [...]

Prevent food illness in the heat of summer

(NC)—You can never be too careful with outdoor meals at this time of year. Lots of sunshine and heat can easily turn picnics and barbecues into a breeding ground for harmful bacteria, such as salmonella—and nothing spoils summer fun faster than a dose of food poisoning.

“Our testing for gastro-intestinal related illness does increase somewhat [...]

Quick tutorial link: how-to freeze winter squash

I ran across this post from SmallKitchenGarden.net and wanted to bookmark it for future reference. Of course, there are so many great items in my garden bookmarks that it is almost impossible to keep track of anything, so I’m linking to their great tutorial from here. Enjoy!

Freeze Winter Squash from your Small Kitchen Garden [...]