I harvested most of the tomatoes in the mountains today, both big and small. The weather for tomorrow is a low in the high 30's, and a high in the 60's (°F), so tomato ripening is not in the forecast. I cleaned up the spent plants, sowed some collard, mesclun, and kale seeds, thinking optimistically, and about bed protections (row covers), and started work preserving the harvest. I roasted about half of the green tomatoes (large and small), froze them, but also put bags of fresh green cherry tomatoes directly in freezer bags, too.
I'm still left with a (quite) large container full of green tomatoes along with a biggish one full of green cherry tomatoes, in addition a number of half-ripe large tomatoes, and a bowlful of red cherry tomatoes.
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| Swiss chard and green cherry tomatoes |
We had chard tonight, fresh from the garden, along with wahoo from the NC coast. A lovely dinner. There wasn't a reason to buy greens at the farmer's market this morning; it basically was an enjoyable stroll, picking up some winter squash and fresh eggs. Both are delicious.
