What do you do with extra vegetables?

Readers share their creative tips for making the most out of an abundance of produce.

My husband and I live in a senior community where we have a raised-bed garden. We put our extra veggies in a decorative box for residents who are unable to grow their own. Carol Brisky CANBY, OREGON My home-based business lets me share with clients. They swap their harvest with me, too. Lorraine Schmit MASS CITY, MICHIGAN We give leftover corn and strawberries to our chickens and goats. Megan McCloud WOODBINE, MARYLAND When I’m lucky enough to have extra tomatoes, I roast them with garlic and olive oil and freeze them in two-cup portions. It’s the perfect base for a pasta sauce. Kathy Eppers ALEDO, TEXAS Roy, my husband, loads them up in his tractor and drives around the neighborhood to give them away. Who needs an ice cream man when you have a fresh veggie man? Shawnda Hurley…

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Birds & Blooms (Digital) - 1 Issue, August/September 2022

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