Now is that wonderful time when the fruits of your labor have paid off and it's time to figure out what to do with the food that you've raised. It seems inevitable - especially when you are first getting started, that you'll have some ingredients you've probably raised own your own - and not some of the others. Also, the saying "feast of famine" is a very real one when raising your own food. Some crops will flourish, others will not produce as you hoped. 

Often you'll wait for weeks or months for the first luscious tomato or cucumber and then proudly display the first few like they were you're own children. However, you'll soon likely have plenty and then you can investigate options like canning and storing your produce for future use. Then when winter rolls around and you are able to pull out some of your summer produce - you'll feel proud and happy, while starting to get an itch for spring to come and get back in the garden again.