TOMATOES

''Home grown tomatoes,
 home grown tomtoes,
 what would life be without
 home grown tomatoes.
Only two things that money can't buy
That's true love and
and home grown tomatoes."

~John Denver 

If I could only grow one vegetable

in my garden it would be the tomato.

I do not EVER buy them from the market,

so when they come in season it

is a really big event.

We plant Siberian tomato seeds

in the green house and then set

out the plants in the garden when

they were hardy enough. This is
the second year we have grown
Siberian's and I really do like the
texture and the flavor for eating.
For canning we use Roma's which
have more 'meat' to them. 

We have been eating a lot of

tomatoes fresh and the rest we

have been turning into sauce

for pasta, pizza or into soup
to eat with a sandwich.
The Roma's are pressure cooked
and stored for winter use.

I adapted Elizabeth's recipe

just a little to work for our

family. I chop the basil and

add it fresh to the cooked

tomato and garlic mixture

along with a little kosher

salt, then blend everything

with an immersion blender.

For soup, I exchange fresh

dill for the basil and add

a little butter and yogurt.

The tomato plants are just

about done and will be
pulled this weekend.

The count down begins

until next year!

xx

What are you growing?