Enjoying the Harvest!

Growing a vegetable garden has the potential to nourish both body and soul...working out in the warmth of the summer air, feeling the dirt in your hands, doting and worrying as you wait for your seeds to break through the surface, beaming with pride as your seeds sprout, grow, mature...the excitment of the first harvest...ahhh. You wonder why you didn't think to start a garden sooner...

Nothing beats standing out in your garden on a warm, sunny day and picking a vine ripened tomato or cucumber and eating it in the raw, right there in your tiny garden sanctuary!

For those days when the fresh vegetables actually make it out of the garden and into the kitchen, here's a collection of ideas for you to utilize your harvest.

Recipes from the Garden--a collection of recipes that use fresh vegetables and herbs

Gifts from the Garden--a collection of gift ideas that use fresh grown produce and herbs

Preserving Your Food--ways to dehydrate, can or freeze your bounty to enjoy during the cold, dark winter months.

Do you have recipes or gift giving ideas you'd like to share? We'd love to hear about them. Submit them here.