Ten on Tuesday: the produce edition.

Ten Things To Do With An Overabundance Of Produce

1. Grate the zucchini and freeze it. Zucchini bread will always be welcome in February.
2. Can the tomatoes, either as whole tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, salsa, whatever. 
3. Make jam.
4. Take excess to work and share. Co-workers, at least those without gardens, will be grateful. Unless they have other co-workers/friends/relatives/neighbors who are also sharing the excess with them.
5. Offer it to your local food shelf. Sharing is caring.
6. Feed it to the cat. Of course you have a cat, right? 
7. Feed it to the dog. Ditto.
8. Feed it to the chickens. You do have chickens, don't you?
9. Feed it to the compost pile. If you have a garden, you definitely have a compost pile. If you don't, why not? Compost is black gold.
10. Send it to me. I don't have a garden.

Comments

[Carole]

So you've had luck freezing the grated zucchini and then making bread later? I'm going to try that.

[soxanne]

I was thinking of making salsa this week ... after giving some stuff away and making gazpacho last week.

[Cookie]

Can't you train the cat/dog to garden? ;^)

xo

[Carrie#K]

Grated zucchini is fabulous later on. One year we just chucked all the tomatos into the freezer as well, perfect in winter.

My cat doesn't like tomatos. Or zucchini. Or eggplant. If I planted tuna she'd be happy.

I do NOT have chickens. Once is enough.

[Carrie#K]

I meant to swing by yesterday and tell you HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

[bullwinkle]

You left out one - let the bugs descend.

Happy (Belated!)Birthday!

p.s. I'm with Cookie -- I'm sure the dog can be taught to rototil in the appropriate sunny spot ;)