Chives…Make you cry???

It’s that time of year when I look at what I have left in the garden and try to find ways of using/preserving it so it’s not wasted.  This afternoon, I went out into the garden and started pulling chives and mint.  For chives, I like to clean them and then chop them up finely.  I’ve found that I can put them into a freezer-safe container and will have chopped fresh chives on hand throughout the winter.  I chopped off the bulk of two chive plants in my raised beds and netted two 2-cup containers full of the chopped, onion-scented bits.  I had a little epiphany this afternoon along with it.  If you chop enough chives, they can have a similar affect on you as having chopped an onion.  The tears were definitely coming!

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