Canning is . . . a PITA

Hair brained idea #1:
Grow lots of veggies and I can can them for the winter.

I have tomatoes coming out of my ears. Not to mention bell peppers, garlic, zucchini, summer squash, butternut squash, and pumpkins . . . .

Yeah and if anyone has had any experience canning tomatoes I am sure you can understand my frustration. But I finally got the hang of it and found out I can make a pretty mean spaghetti sauce and it is much easier to can spaghetti sauce than whole or diced tomatoes.

I have shredded and frozen most of the zucchini -- zucchini bread in the middle of winter will be a nice treat I think.

I have no clue what to do with the bell peepers. Can you freeze them? I would prefer it as it only takes about 30 seconds to stick them in the seal-a-meal!

Squashes I can cook (you know with butter and brown sugar . . . mmmmm) and put in individual-meal sized bags in the freezer.

The garlic is dried and working nicely! I am not sure my cube neighbors appreciate it though!

The big problem is my pumpkins, they are way to early for Halloween . . .