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Dave
Southern Indiana
USDA Zone 6bAn organic (mostly) gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and striving to be self-sufficient.
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Tag Archives: tomatoes
Trying to Reason With Tomato Season
The last couple of weeks are kind of a blur. It seems I have been occupied quite a bit with all things tomato. I’ve made three batches of tomato sauce for the freezer, and I cooked down one batch of … Continue reading
August Harvests
This time of year, the garden is really keeping us busy with harvesting and processing. Tomatoes are coming on full blast, which means we have been dehydrating, slow roasting, freezing, making sauce, and eating them like crazy! This week we … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged beans, blackberries, cucumber, eggplant, okra, spaghetti squash, squash, tomatoes, winter squash
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Local Produce
While we grow a lot of our own vegetables and fruit here at HA, we certainly don’t grow all that we eat. And whenever possible, we like to support our local growers. Lately we have been enjoying sweet corn and … Continue reading
Slow Roasted Tomatoes
Like dehydrating, slow roasting concentrates the flavors of the tomatoes, even turning notoriously bland supermarket tomatoes into tasty little morsels. But when you use homegrown, vine ripened tomatoes, well, then your taste buds are in for a real treat! You … Continue reading
Let the Drying Begin
It’s that time of year when the tomatoes start flowing in fast enough that we need to plug in the dehydrator. While you don’t necessarily need a dehydrator to dry vegetables, it sure makes it a lot easier. Our five … Continue reading
Summer Vegetable Garden
Real summer is here, and it is here with a vengeance. The heat wave that has scorched much of the U.S. has us firmly in its grip as well. But the garden is producing pretty well despite the heat and … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Asian greens, bacterial wilt, blackberries, cucumber, eggplant, endive, gourds, pole beans, squash, tomatoes, yardlong beans
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Any Way You Slice It
I can think of nothing that is much more anticipated than the first ripe tomato of the season. And I don’t mean a cherry tomato – not even the highly regarded and highly flavorful Sungold. No, I’m talking about the … Continue reading
