So after planting over 30 plants we have now come to - what do you do with all of those tomatoes. They started turning red just a few at a time and I was able to keep up with them and then the weather cooled down a bit and they all are ripening at the same time. This was a weeks worth of tomatoes - yes only one week. My sink was full and it took me about 4 hours to take care of all of them. I made 2 batches of salsa, 12 (1gallon) bags full of spaghetti sauce, and about 6 bags of cut tomatoes. I am really done with tomatoes right now and there will be a couple more bags to pick by this weekend. I am very grateful our garden has done so well, but I won't plant that many again. Right now our freezer is full of tomatoes and I know it will be nice in the winter.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tomatoes Galore!
So after planting over 30 plants we have now come to - what do you do with all of those tomatoes. They started turning red just a few at a time and I was able to keep up with them and then the weather cooled down a bit and they all are ripening at the same time. This was a weeks worth of tomatoes - yes only one week. My sink was full and it took me about 4 hours to take care of all of them. I made 2 batches of salsa, 12 (1gallon) bags full of spaghetti sauce, and about 6 bags of cut tomatoes. I am really done with tomatoes right now and there will be a couple more bags to pick by this weekend. I am very grateful our garden has done so well, but I won't plant that many again. Right now our freezer is full of tomatoes and I know it will be nice in the winter.
4 comments:
Atleast you will get to have some yummy B.L.T's. I love fresh tomatoes.
That is a lot of tomatoes! I am going to have the same problem with spaghetti squash...not only do I have a lot, they are huge!
I do not envy you... I think we are finally done with ours. Hope the salsa turned out good. Take a look at the crazy zucchini on my blog for a laugh.
I'm glad you have so many tomatoes! Ours just didn't do well, so I'm glad to have your leftovers. we snuck in on Thurs and took some when you weren't home. Hope its okay? Thanks again. :)
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