These beautiful ripe tomatoes, from my garden and the local farmers market, are going into the pot to become sauce!
With some gentle heat...
... a little stirring...
... and about an hour...
We had a pot of sauce!
It went through a strainer to remove skins and seeds (for the compost), leaving this:
We simmered it for a little while to remove excess water, and then poured the rest into a big clean jar.
This will be enjoyed in a couple weeks, when we need to make up another big batch of pasta sauce. When that runs out, we have 6 more jars full, and each of those have been pressure canned so they will last all Winter.
As for the garden itself, I mentioned in my Late Autumn Garden Update that I was putting in a bulb garden along the left side of the yard. Here's what it looked like the other day:
I have extended the bulb garden further along the side of the yard:
And today, started covering the main garden with fallen leaves:
Into the bulb garden I have planted daffodils, garlic, crocus, and snowdrops.
Yesterday, I completed the collection and storage of my heirloom organic tomato seeds. I have close to 10 varieties in my collection, some of which I have been growing for 12 or more seasons. Here are the ones I grew and put away this year:
It has been a successful first year here at my new garden in Northwestern BC, Canada.
Keep on growing!
DRutter
I love watching your veggie garden come and go. Great idea! I look forward to seeing your bulbs next year. I gotta get some of those in! So much to do!
Wow this is nice @drutter! You have a homemade, healthy and delicious tomato sauce. ♥️👍
Looks yummy, you should consider drying some of them. They taste like sundried when dehydrated! It takes about 8 pounds of cherry tomatoes to fill a quart jar. I then pull a hard vacuum for long term storage.
Harvest more seeds next year, and sell them on etsy. They may be very expensive next year....
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Yes, good call. I was glad to get my genetics back this year. Now I feel ready to pull in a big harvest (and save more seeds) in 2024.
Good, hope it helps! Etsy is a good place to sell things, might add some spending money.
I'm glad you're getting on your feet, before things get soft!
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Haven't tried it... but almost everything nowadays is out of my reach, as it requires recent government photo ID, or a bank account, or a smart phone, none of which I have!
Finished drying and vacuum packing some tomatoes yesterday.
Drying onions right now....
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Looks great bud... tasty snacks to pull out in the middle of Winter!
True, they taste sun dried. It's a good way to long term preserve vegetables, especially with a vacuum pack!
I've even taken frozen vegetables, and dried and packed them. They're already blanched that way, and when dried and vacuumed they will keep for many years.
Still more to process to be prepared well.
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Colourful! We do have a vaccuum sealer, as well as the dehydrator, so I will have to figure out how to use it. I think I can get an attachment so that I can suck the air out of jars.
Use PayPal, they seem to be more tolerant. There should be a way through if you double check! Even local barter with seeds can help....
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Yummy yummy yummy 🍅 🤤. Hope you guys had a happy Halloween!? 🦇🎃👻
Hmm keep enjoying the work of your labor. Have a wonderful day.
i like it. tomato and sugar
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