Celery crop

So...I'm all pleased with myself!  I tried growing celery this year for the first time.  People thought I was crazy...because I hilled them up like potatoes...with only the top leaves showing.   But they turned out great, and taste perfect!

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Nice! Well done!

I am impressed! Good for you!

Those are beautiful!

that's an awesome haul. Especially being up north good for you.

Fantastic!

Amazing! How does one preserve celery?

uno wrote:Amazing! How does one preserve celery?

You can chop it up and freeze it. The new Bernardin canning book has a recipe for pressure canned tomatoes and celery at a 50/50 ratio. I did about 7 quarts and it looks great. It should make a great start to a soup or casserole.

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Indeed we chopped them up and froze them in 1 cup packages. Excellent for soup and stew all winter long! For sure the milk carton concept would work rather than hilling, but milk cartons would likely have been a little small for these ones. My gardening book states that you can place boards or some such along the sides of them as well...whatever it takes to block the sonlight.