Food off the grid.

[Mr.Bill]

5. We just blanched, peeled

bagged and froze about three dozen tomatoes. They will be in next winter's chili and marinara sauce.

70'X'50' back yard garden here. Tomatoes, peppers, green beans, okra, basil, chives, watermelon, apples, sunflowers, egg plant, onions, swiss chard, zucchini, rhubarb, beets, potatoes, butternut squash, and probably a few things I'm forgetting.

OP, that spaghetti squash will keep for a long time after you pick it in the fall. I grew some a few years ago and we ate it all winter. Just keep it in a cool dark place. Same with butternut squash. Also, take up canning - long term storage using no energy. For dinner I just had a jar of tomato basil soup from last summer. We also canned around 50 quarts of tomato juice. Lots of my friends grow gardens also and we meet at the local coffee shop and give things away/trade with each other.

Good looking stuff you've got there.