Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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#136 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MA
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And lastly, pic 1 of a dish DW made last night. Except I didnt get a chance to capture the final product picture before she parceled it out into serving dishes.
Veta's-creation.jpg To the left are white eggplant we got seeds from Greece; purple sweet peppers, and round tomatoes. All cored, then stuffed with a meat+rice+seasoning mix, drizzled with tomato juice, then capped with their matching "hat", then baked until rice is cooked and all is bubbly. I'll post a pic of the next similar dish we make, until then please use your imagination ![]() |
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#137 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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Yum!!
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#138 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Greetings All.
It’s been ~2 months since I posted. Late September my wife and I went overseas on vacation, and when I came back the garden was finished – the tomatoes from diseases, then we had a couple of hard frosts that killed everything but the hardier greens. Been busy cleaning up since, tidying up the beds and basically winterizing the garden(s) –both old and new. I didn’t want to leave any of the sick plant material around. Then I put away cages and stakes. Lastly I had to blow the water out of the underground irrigation pipes to avoid freezing. Only one bed left that has some nice Swiss chard and chickoree. Here’s how they looked a few nights ago after a very cold night (25 degF) but they’re perfectly fine now –they wilted a bit, but didn’t freeze. greens-oct18.jpg Plan is to cut a bunch later and make a couple of dishes out of them. I had big plans to grow some garlic this year, but things got away from me. Then I found a few heads that I had purchased from a local farm, for eating –all natural, not sprayed with anything. So I prepped a small section of the narrowest bed and planted them. I doubt they’ll have time to grow roots before it gets real cold, but I had to try it -at ~zero cost. Then yesterday I went to the old garden to harvest the small batch of potatoes that I had planted in the spring. Didn’t know what to expect, as they lost their tops a while back, and we’ve had tons of rain. I had planted those in 6 shallow rings made of cut out 2x trash barrels (3 rings/barrels.) See picture earlier in the thread. I was pleased to find enough for a few meals -filled a 5 gal bucket. But they were dirty muddy, so washed them off and left them out to dry. These will go nicely with the smoked meats. taters-11nov18.jpg Already thinking and planning next year’s. I hope you’re all doing good. Last edited by taboule; November 11, 2018 at 09:09 PM. |
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#139 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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I bet those spuds will be tasty!
![]() Swiss chard is one thing I'm always glad of when frost takes out the others. I'm hoping to find my parsely still standing after last night's frost. I have been all in working and neglected everything.. can't wait to check out the garden tomorrow, even if it is... mostly done. ![]() |
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