That's right folks! I'll spare you a photo of it, but after processing some tomatoes earlier today I finally looked in a mirror this afternoon and found that I had tomato seeds dried onto my face! So the exfoliating happened while grabbing a shower before dinner!
I am drowning in tomatoes now, but I think the end is near! When I went out this afternoon I noticed many have leafhopper larvae feasting so they won't be good for anything. I am sick to death of cherry tomatoes! The last potato cage was emptied out by my husband and kids today. I wanted to save this chore for him since it is one of the fun things in the garden and he he missed out on the first two. I am really looking forward to doing a few more varieties next year. The kids were pretty cute telling Daddy "how to do it"...I guess it was fun for them since they obviously paid attention the first time. They kept saying "carefully, Daddy, don't scratch the skins!"
Total for today was 2.04 lbs Rose Finn potatoes, 7 lbs cherry tomatoes, 12 lbs Brandywine & True Black Brandywine tomatoes. Ended up with 1 gal bag of frozen cherry tomatoes, ditched the rest, and 4 pints frozen stewed tomatoes.
I didn't have enough heirlooms to bother with more sauce, so I just stewed them and stowed them in the freezer. The cherry tomatoes I just froze whole, it's really the only way to deal with them. Guess we will be having lots of pasta tossed with cherry tomatoes this winter!
The rest of the day today and tomorrow we will be getting ready for company in the house. This is really only my thing since my husband doesn't see the need for a sparkling aquarium, lawn mowed within 24 hours, bad produce out of the garden, and my obsession for setting candles out in the garden...lol, I am very obsessive, to say the least! My husband is outside right now mowing the lawn in the rain... he was supposed to be off earlier this morning, but in true military fashion, didn't get home until 5 pm. He said "do you still want me to mow, it's sprinkling..." HA! It's now or never, since it is supposed to rain all day tomorrow and Tropical Storm Danny is supposed to visit Saturday. It's a weird kind of rain now anyways, humid with the sun still shining through it...he'll be FINE!
I'll let you call yourself obsessive if you want but I just have to say that it's a pleasure to know of someone who takes pride in their home these days. I know of too many people who don't even "entertain" in their home anymore . . . it's all done in restaurants. Whatever happened to home and hearth as heart of the family? You keep at it, girl. I'm with ya.
ReplyDeletesniffles, whine, i don't even have one ripe tomato yet - you sure work hard - peace for all
ReplyDeleteI'm with Ruralrose-those brandywines look so wonderful, and as usual, I won't see a ripe one. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI'm a nut case when company is coming--glad you're in that circle of people that obsess. Men have it easy-just show up (and mow the lawn in the rain-LOL!)
Holy Tomato, Batgirl! I have four green cherry tomatoes and two (soon to be three!) unidentified peppers just starting right now. I'm not quite jealous, but I am definitely wishing I had such a harvest.
ReplyDelete:-D I love having friends over exactly so I clean up. I get a bit, mmm, lax with house chores when there are no third parties involved.
It is wrong you girls still don't have tomatoes, I am sending ripe tomato vibes your way!
ReplyDeleteAnd Erin, seriously, can I borrow you for a week or two? ;)
I've never frozen tomatoes, just canned them. Do they hold any of their shape after defrosting?
ReplyDeleteJo, they don't hold their shape or texture much after defrosting, but the taste is great. I wouldn't use them for salads or anything, but if you are just tossing the cherry tomatoes with some pasta and olive oil, they seem to do perfectly!
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