Gardening

Mr.Bill

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6. We do a lot of canning,

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 04:37 PM

Dec 2013

We canned tomato juice, tomato basil soup and we even canned green tomato salsa with the tomatoes that were still green but about to be destroyed by autumn frost.

We also freeze a lot of them. Just blanch them, remove the skins, put them in freezer bags and then freeze them. They will be used for winter cooking, like chili, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, etc.

Even though I only actually pick them for a few months in the summer, I rarely buy a tomato year-round.

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Random observation since this is a slow time of year in this group. [View all] lpbk2713 Dec 2013 OP

Winter tomatos in wisconsin bear the subtle bouquet of diesel fumes. Scuba Dec 2013 #1

There's no point in even trying to eat tomatoes in the winter. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2013 #2

Canning is easy and fun. Yeah, you can't have em fresh but you can put them bye OffWithTheirHeads Dec 2013 #4

We do a lot of canning, Mr.Bill Dec 2013 #6

By July my spring tomatoes are mostly burned up. lpbk2713 Dec 2013 #5

Ever since I read Tomatoland, Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #3

I agree. Winter tomatoes ripened Lex Dec 2013 #7

I do the same, as well as growing some myself. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #8

Year round gardening is the best! BlueToTheBone Jan 2014 #9

Thanks lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #10

have you tried heirlooms, even tastier than the "boys" you are growing bettyellen Jan 2014 #11