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We did a very small vegetable garden this year, putting the plants in the front bed along with the flowers. We just picked our first batch of produce. 
What you see here are green bell peppers, some sweet Hungarian peppers, a couple jalapenos (hiding in there somewhere), along with a bunch of basil.
We planted nine tomato plants – six good for sauces and three for slicing tomatoes. The tomatoes in the bowl are sauce tomatoes. I’m going to blanch them quickly so I can remove the skins, then get rid of the seeds and much of the liquid, then throw them into the freezer. Once they’re all ripe (and the weather is cooler) I’m going to make a huge batch of tomato sauce and can it. Most of it will be for pasta, though part of it will be seasoned for pizza sauce and stored separately. I’m not sure if I’ll can the pizza sauce or put it in the freezer in the Bell freezer containers.
