Re: preserving veggies

**J* B* <j*@usol.com>**

Do not forget to check in on the vegetable varieties database  
maintained by Cornell  www.vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu   Many of the  
comments in the database refer to how well a variety was canned or  
frozen.

Jeff Ball
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On Dec 4, 2007, at 6:54 AM, jo ellen meyers sharp wrote:

Along the same lines, I have an assignment about what cultivars or
varieties of vegetables best for canning, freezing or freeze drying.
I'm thinking beans, peas, tomatoes, squash, carrots, etc.

Any suggestions?
jems

> I agree that as garden writers we need to do more to get our  
> readers to  grow
> their own greens.  Towards that end...does anyone on the list have any
> statistics or thoughts on how much space it would take for a family
> of four to
> grow their own greens?  I think we need to tell the readers how  
> much space  it
> takes, how many months of production to expect and how to rotate  
> varieties to
> accomodate the seasons.  Who are the best and most reliable seed   
> vendors?
> What can you grow under cover in the winter?
>
> Andrew
>
>
> Andrew Messinger
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> Thursday in The Southampton Press, The Press  and the Easthampton  
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>

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