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One of the negative side effects of planting tomotaoes in March is that the plants are dead and dieing by labor day. My plants have been on intensive care the last two weeks. I am throwing more rotten tomatoes away than I am harvesting. I started to pull up my mater plants today and throw them in the burn pile where they will contribute to next years crop.
I did the last bit of tomato canning for the summer today. I managed to get six quarts of soup put away. This is a good soup base. When it is time to eat the soup we can just add some pasta and a choice of meat, beans etc and dinner is ready. Each quart makes a meal for our family.
Next year when I brag about having my tomatoes in, will someone please remind me that I need to plant a couple of plants in May so I will have fresh tomatoes in October. I make this same mistake every year. I have grown a garden every year since I got married, save two summers and every time I never make a second planting. Some year I will figure it out.
3 comments:
I wont tell you that most years I am canning tomatoes into November, but then they don't taste as good as they do in the middle of the summer. I don't see the receipt for your soup base on here... it sounds good, and I am always looking for someplace to hide a few more tomatoes in the basement.
I emailed the recipe over to you. I usually get maters until the end of september or early october but this year we had a drought and the plants started dieing early. Oh well.
If you need a place to put more tomatoes feel free to bring them to Spokane.
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