I know that summer isn't officially over yet, but this morning the temperature outside is just 14ºC. That's about 58ºF. Accuweather says the low tomorrow morning will be around 11ºC (51 or 52ºF). It definitely feels more like autumn than summer already.
I wish we had weighed all the tomatoes that our 10 plants produced this year. We didn't. All I can say is that we've eaten quite a few and we've made a dozen or so liters of sauce for the freezer. We'll enjoy them over the winter. By the way, I'll get back to the Tour Saint-Jacques tomorrow.
P.S. This morning I weighed these tomatoes: they came to nine kilograms — about 20 lbs. So we figure we got about 100 lbs. of tomatoes from the garden this year, not counting the ones that are still out there ripening.
P.S. This morning I weighed these tomatoes: they came to nine kilograms — about 20 lbs. So we figure we got about 100 lbs. of tomatoes from the garden this year, not counting the ones that are still out there ripening.
I am paying about $5 a pound at the farmers market on King Street in Alexandria, VA for tomatoes. And I bet your taste better.
ReplyDeleteWhen the weather cooperates your tomatoes are as good as any anywhere I bet.
ReplyDeleteI bet they do taste better than most anywhere that you can buy, as Evelyn and Travel have pointed out. What a haul! Lots of hard work, so I'm glad the sunny weather was there to support you.
ReplyDeleteWe have made tomato paste (concentré de tomate) with about 10 lbs. of garden tomatoes today. Tomorrow we'll "bottle" it — can it — and put it away for the winter. It smells delicious. Now what will we do with the other 10 lbs. of ripe tomatoes...?
ReplyDeleteI just noticed that it is raining. Thank nature. We need a lot more rain.
ReplyDeleteYour tomatoes are beautiful, Ken. Growing up in the Midwest (Illinois) in a farming area, my father always had a huge garden. Starting late summer, my mother would can 100 quarts of tomatoes in glass jars for the winter, along with green beens and other vegetables. We would also "stockpile" potatoes for the winter in a cool cellar.
ReplyDeleteI remember how good the tomatoes my mother grew in N.C. when I was growing up, and I remember how good the tomatoes grown in Illinois were when I moved there in 1971. The ones Walt has grown this year could give those some competition. W. and I make sauce and freeze it for winter enjoyment, and we also dry tomatoes in a dehydrator. We've made tomato paste this year, and it's not the first time. Hope you and N are doing well.
DeleteWhat a bountiful crop you’re having and not to mention beautiful!
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