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Re: Frost date & freezing v. canning

Allan Day wrote:
> 
> >  May 15th is the cut off date to be sure and miss frost.
> That's about the same as ours
> > We planted
> > our tomatoes the 2nd. week of April, so it was early. Had to really
> > look hard for plants. We kept buying  more plants until we realized we
> > had planted 110, figured that was a good stopping place. Still with
> > all the wet weather we had after planting, there does not seem to be
> > an abundance of tomatoes at one time like there usually is. There are
> > plenty to eat and give away to friends and neighbors, and that is ok
> > too. I only can tomatoe juice to cook spaghetti sauce and such. My big
> > canning days are over, it is too much of a task, and the kids are gone
> > from home, but they sure love the spaghetti dinners on Sundays.
> > Zone 5/6 Indiana
> > Monica
> >
> Please tell me why you can your tomatoes etc. We used to bottle lots,
> never got into canning over here because of costs, but now we have two
> freezers and put everything in there, it's much more convenient than
> bottling
> Allan

Monica,
I still can tons of vegetable soup, chili and spaghetti sauce, when I
have a glut of tomatoes. (Not many this yr., too many other priorities
this past Spring). I usually dedicate one weekend to each item. The kids
love it and I have lots of stuff for winter months.SusanF

Allan, I can and stopped freezing because all you need is one BIG storm
either hurricane or snows and loose power for a number of days--and
zip--your frozen stuff is gone. SusanF
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