Tomatoes

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Tomatoes

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http://www.durgan.org/URL/?NZTOO 31 July 2012 Tomatoes Picked on 24,29, 31 July.Total 65 Pounds.
Total Picked from the 32 plants so far this season is 186 pounds.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?COHIS 22 July 2012. Tomatoes picked today.
Forty one pounds of tomatoes were picked today from the main tomato patch consisting of 32 plants suspended by ropes, free growing.Fifteen pounds were processed into juice and the remainder was spread amongst neighbours.Total tomatoes from the garden so far this year is 121 pounds.Types are: Bonny Best(5), Celebrity(5), Big Beef(5), Better Boy(5), Black Krim(Purple fruit)(10), and Lemon Boy (2).

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Post: # 264829Post demi »

We are starting to harvest our big toms now too. The cherries have been productive for a few weeks now.
I make pasatta from them to jar for the winter.

Chop some garlic and add it to a big pot with olive oil. Fry lightly. Add a big bunch of fresh basil. Then add your chopped tomatoes. Reduce down till all the tomatoes are brake down and it starts to go thicker. Season to taste. Then pass through a seive and press eveything through with the back of a spoon. Put into clean jars, put the lids on and place in a water bath for 25 min. Take them out and leave to rest until cool. Store in a cold, dark place and use within a year. You can interchange the herbs for different flavours.
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Re: Tomatoes

Post: # 265053Post Veggiesnhedges »

Hi,

Your tomatoes look delicious, I have 5 plants with lots of tomatoes on now, ready to ripen. If I have any left over I make tomato sauce Jamie Oliver style

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Re: Tomatoes

Post: # 265061Post Durgan »

Veggiesnhedges wrote:Hi,

Your tomatoes look delicious, I have 5 plants with lots of tomatoes on now, ready to ripen. If I have any left over I make tomato sauce Jamie Oliver style
Tomatoes this year in my garden are the best that I have ever grown. It has been sunny, hot, and very severe drought conditions, but I have watered each plant about every five days of so, using the Magic Water Wand method. There are almost as many tomatoes remaining on the plants that have been picked to date.

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Re: Tomatoes

Post: # 265366Post Durgan »

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?SWRYQ 12 August Tomatoes Collected 50 Pounds picked today.Total from the 32 plants to date is 284 pounds.

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