Here is a link to your same question posted yesterday. Here is a link that might be useful: freezing pickled veggies?????

I have the same problem with my Samsung...every couple of weeks I have to take out the veggie bins and I use a turkey baster to remove the water. Sometimes there is ice on the top of the puddles. When I first purchased it I had to get a new ice maker as the original one delivered plastic pieces with the ice. Maybe they will offer you an extended warranty or at least negotiate a discounted price for an extended warranty.

Dawn, I don't know, but I think there are a lot of blooming bushes in that yard. They were still wrapped when I went to church this morning. I think they had to be ornamental since they were bushy and too small to be fruit trees. We haven't had as much warmth as you have had and my cannas have not come up yet. I have chamomile, daisy, and hollyhocks that are up, and had a couple of banana plants that had started to grow. The bananas have a little brown around them today. They are in a very protected area and may be getting a little heat from the walls of the house. The comfrey is in an open part of the garden, but it looks fine. I threw a box over the rosemary the last couple of nights because it looked like it had new growth. Lisa gave me a new echinacea plant last year and I was a little worried about it, but it was just barely above ground and appeared to be alright. I put a box over it tonight just in case we go even lower tonight. Our forecast for tonight is 29 again. My sage had started to get new leaves, and 2 types of oregano were up and all look OK. I have one little lavender plant that had a few new leaves, but already looked poor before the cold weather hit, so it may have trouble with the added cold. If so, it will not be my first fail with lavender. I am lavender challenged. The Mesonet shows that we have had 8 hours below freezing in the last week, but our low temp was 28. We have another low forecast for Thursday night, so it is still winter. I still have the 7 tomato plants that I bought for early planting and haven't been brave enough to put them in the ground yet. I just hope tomorrow is nice enough to work outside because I really need to pot-up my tomato plants that I grew from seed. They still fit on the light shelf, but those 7 that I bought don't fit there and are large enough to be planted. My grandson wanted to know how I got 7 plants out of a 6 pack. HaHa One of them just happened to have two in it and it separated easily. Old 'gonefishin' trick.

I like tomatoes in a variety of ways. Cherry tomatoes get cooked with other ingredients for a curried cherry tomato sauce that is very similar to shrimp cocktail sauce. I freeze it in small containers. I am growing more paste tomatoes this year because last year I got a dehydrator and discovered partially dehydrated tomatoes frozen (because they still contain a lot of moisture) are great for different meals. I skin and freeze some whole tomatoes when I'm short on time. But, I think canning tomatoes and tomato sauces gives you a lot of variety. There are a lot of recipes that are fine for BW bath. Last year I found a smaller canning rack that fits into my stock pot which is a good size for half pints and pints. Also think of possibility of chutneys and jellies. I freeze peppers sliced and raw plus also roasted. I freeze roasted tomatoes. Last year I grew three varieties of pole beans that were good fresh but also as a dried bean. Winter squash and potatoes just needed cool storage in the basement. Fermenting vegetables is another idea. I got a Perfect Pickler gadget at the farm and feed store which fits on any wide mouth canning jar. With this you can do small batches. I love fermented cubed beets. The salsa starter recipes for green bell peppers and jalapenos is very good. I use it as a condiment but for salsa I add fresh tomatoes. Freezer and refrigerator pickles are good. One of my favorites is Zuni Café zucchini pickles for the refrigerator. Our daughter-in-law makes tons of zucchini relish (canned) which the family gobbles up. I know you said you weren't interested in canning but think about what you cook during the winter. Pasta and tomato dishes are popular at our house so canning tomatoes and sauce is worth it. You can always freeze the items. I froze a fresh tomato pizza sauce. With the dehydrator I was also able to partially dry paste tomatoes and then puree to make a tomato paste substitute for the freezer. I freeze in snack bags but put the collection of snack bags into a freezer bag.