Monday, July 16, 2012

Harvest Monday...And Let the Canning Begin!

Last week I harvested quite a few tomatoes and tomatillos. A total of 11lbs of plum tomatoes and 4lbs of tomatillos.



JR made some delicious bruschetta and I canned the rest whole. From the tomatillos I made a batch of salsa verde. The salsa verde came out a little too tart, the canning recipe called for a whole cup of vinegar or lime juice. So I'm going to use it as a chicken or fish marinade. In the future I will use less acid and eat it fresh or freeze the tomatillos. I also dried some of the Principle Borghese tomatoes.


Last night we finally got some rain. Hopefully it made the ground at the plots softer so I can finally pull up the remaining weeds and create the 4th bed.

Daphnes Dandelions hosts Harvest Mondays, click on the link to see what other Gardener's harvested this week!

14 comments:

  1. Oh boy!!! It's can-can time!

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  2. lovely! My canners aren't really in full swing yet, maybe next month. I agree with you on the tomatillo being too tart from most recipes; might try adding a spoonful of sugar when you open the jars.

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    1. Thanks for the tip! I want to get a pressure canner eventually, then maybe I won't have to add so much additional citrus.

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    1. I love it...and by the look of the plants I will have it coming out of my ears ;)

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  4. I am also swimming in tomatillos. I freeze mine and then make batches of tomatillo salsa when I want some.

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  5. That's a load of tomatoes!! It will be a month or more before we have that many. We got plenty of rain this week too, sure has been nice.

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    1. I'm curious to see how many total fruit I get from 17 plants. I did plant a little early and the weather has been warm so the harvest is earlier than it usually would be.

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  6. Those are some gorgeous looking tomatoes!

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