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This awesome food preservation trick will not only keep mint fresh longer but it is also a great way to make just about any drink infinitely tastier. Follow this simple guide and learn how to freese mint today!

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I found this recipe online years ago, but I don't recall where. It's a lot of work, but if you want to use your fresh garden tomatoes this is a great way to do it. Then the next time you make mozzarella sticks or breadsticks the marinara sauce is already done.

5 Dos and Don't for Planting Herbs. Simple advice to help your container herb garden thrive so you can have fresh herbs any time for any recipe or dish!

Big Batch Spaghetti Sauce from Food.com: Great way to make up a large batch of tomato sauce from your garden to freeze or can for later use.

Enjoy my homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that I have canned this week, and it is so GOOD! You know, there is no store bought sauce that will even come close to the flavor of this homemade sauce. But to get that flavor, you must use tomatoes that you've grown yourself or purchased from a farmer's market or a pick your own field.

If you love to do jams and jellies then most likely you have already started on your canning for the year. I honestly intended to do jams this year but with the

Whether you have a vegetable garden, rose garden or weed garden, here is the best round up of gardening tips and ideas that you've probably never tried!

Secret to peppers,Spray the plant with Epsom salts (1 teaspoon dissolved in a spray bottle of warm water (about 4 cups). That gives the pepper plant a boost of magnesium that is required at flowering time to produce fruit. Spray them again 10 days later and in a few weeks, our expert friends report, you will have more peppers than you can eat. - Compost Rules.

Brew a pot of coffee and let it cool. Pour into spray bottle and spray on plants. It freaks out the bugs and gives your plants (if they are the type that need it) a tiny shot of nitrogen.

green bean teepees. This is amazing!

Very smart! Rinse veggies right in the garden and then re-use the water on the plants. Plastic bucket and small laundry basket/colander from Dollar Tree would do nicely.

When dividing perennial plants, timing and technique are important. Divisions are healthiest when they are young and have room to spread.