Canning and dehydrating

Today I found pickling cucumbers on sale at Super-Fresh for 10 cents each. I bought about 30 of them and made Kosher dill pickles (13 pints). I think that was the first time I have ever made them. We will see how they taste in 6 weeks. I also bought zuchinni for 10 cents each and decided to dehydrate them sliced. They will be perfect for minestrone soup and chopped up more will be great for zuchinni bread. And since they were on sale, it is even cheaper than growing them myself. I bought 5 lbs of carrots to dehydrate. I bought many cans of carrots a few years ago and I just do not like them canned. It makes them too sweet. I also bought roma tomatoes to can, but they still feel a little firm, so they are in the cupboard ripening. I am also going to do sweet potato and regular potato in the food dehydrator. I am thinking that this is a whole lot easier than canning. Not to mention less expensive since you do not need to by so many canning jars. Peas would be nice dried as well. I just do not like the mushy peas in a can. We also have seeds to plant this week of green beans, red sweet corn, peas and finger carrots. It would be nice to do more. There is never enough time in the day.