The Tomato Cookbook

The Tomato Cookbook: Tomato Recipes From Soup to Grilled is a collection of 28 tried and true family recipes for using up and preserving fresh tomatoes. 

It doesn't matter why you find yourself with a whole bunch of garden-fresh tomatoes. Maybe you grew them in your garden, maybe a nice neighbor gifted you with a big basket of them, or maybe there was a deal at the local farmers market that was just too good to pass up. 

When you find yourself with too many tomatoes than what you know to do with (and believe me, it's a good problem to have), this is the book you want to turn to. Inside you'll find recipes for anything from delicious salads and cold soups that use fresh tomatoes to sauces, warm soups and preserves that allow you to put up your tomatoes and use them throughout the year. 

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Do you have a vegetable garden? With food prices continuing to rise, gardening is starting to make a lot of "cents". 

No need to wait till spring. You can plant a fall garden right now and start harvesting your first crops in a few short weeks. 

Imagine, high-quality, organic produce right from your own back yard. It's much easier than you think and there's no need to spend a fortune. 

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Vegetable Gardening Made Simple - Frugal Tips and Ideas For Growing Your Own Produce

Walk into any home improvement center in the spring and you'll find an abundance of fruit, vegetable and herb plants ready to be planted. Late in the summer, when school is about to start back up, there is nothing edible to be found in those same stores. And that's really a shame.

As you know we started seriously getting into gardening for the first time this year and so far it's been a fun (and tasty) adventure for us. But since we're living in the south, so far I haven't been able to plant some of my favorites including lettuces, broccoli, kale and cabbage.

As our zucchini and squash plants stop producing and the cucumber plants are starting to die back, it's time to replant for the late summer and fall.

Are you planting a garden this fall? Whether you're a veggie growing pro, or new to gardening, you'll appreciate the tips below. Getting a garden started can be quite expensive which defeats the main reason most of us a growing a garden - to safe on food cost. Take a moment to read through the frugal tips my friend Tawra from Living on a Dime is sharing below. You'll be off to a great start and enjoy fresh produce without breaking the bank.

Gardening On A Dime

by Tawra Kellam
www.hillbillyhousewife.com/livingonadime.htm

People are often surprised to find out that even though I'm a cookbook author I went to school for Horticulture. (I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to own an herb farm.) Growing your own plants can not only save you lots of money on your grocery bill, but a nice landscape can improve the value of your home. If you're creative, you can have a great garden with very little cost. Here are some of my favorite tips to get you started:

Tools:

Watch people who are moving. Ask if they are leaving their lawn equipment and if you can have it or buy it cheap.

Use an old mailbox out in the garden to store your clippers, plastic bags and gloves. (This is my most used item in my garden!) It is especially wonderful because the kids and Hubby don't know where my tools are, so I don't have to worry about them borrowing the tools!

Use wedding tulle found at fabric stores instead of shade cloth to shade plants from the sun or to keep the birds from eating your fruit. It's much cheaper. Better yet, ask a just married bride if you can have the tulle from her wedding.

Cheap Plants:

If you see plants at a store that are in bad shape but not dead, talk to the manager. Ask him if he will give you a "deal" if you take them off his hands. Most of the time they will because the plants look bad and they don't want to mess with them anymore.

Last year I was able to purchase over 50 large 1/2 gallon-gallon sized perennials for $50. (over $600 retail) All but about 5 of them lived and I was able to take those back and get my money back. Most home improvement and discount stores have a guarantee that if your plant dies within one year, you can bring the dead plant and the receipt and they will give you your money back or give you a new plant.

Buy seeds on sale at the end of the season. Put them in a brown paper bag in the refrigerator for better storage. Seeds usually last many years beyond the "past due" date on the packet.

Mulch:

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