We've entered that awkward time of the year when tomatoes enjoy being outside during the day but ask to be brought back inside when temps are low. Very annoying. Also, why don't I have a greenhouse??? #tomatoes #garden #gardening
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A fellow tomato fan in town wanted details on my pressure canner so I thought I'd share the pics here, too. There's nothing like the smell of fresh tomatoes, onions, and butter. And when you open a jar a year later the aroma is still there. #GrowYourOwn #tomatoes #canning #food #cooking #gardening
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I feel sorry for all the tomatoes currently outside right now at local stores. Temps will dip to 47 °F tonight, which will cold-shock a tomato and cause yield reductions for the entire season (per what I've read). The word on the street is that you should wait until you are positive temps won't go below 50 °F (10 °C) at night. I'm in Swarthmore, PA. Zone 7b. #tomatoes #garden #gardening
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How to Keep Tomatoes for the Winter – Purees, Pastes, Freezing, Drying
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Freeze Pastes, Cooked Purees and Savoury Jams
It is worth freezing a range of tomato bases for adding layers of flavours to dishes during winter. Here are some that I make that work really well.
An Italian Tomato Paste cooks down with a mirepoix to a flavoursome paste that freezes easily Spiced Tomato Puree has a hit of red wine to deepen the flavours and add complexity A great herb flavoured Italian Sauce – also contains a little red wine for deeper flavours Pomarola – an Italian Tomato Sauce for Pizzas (and other uses) A great Tomato and Chilli Jam which can be defrosted and used as a sauce, spread, dip or dressing.
Or simply puree tomatoes and freeze the results.
Make a little of each, to get you through the winter with gorgeous tomato flavours. Cheaper, cooking tomatoes can be used for pastes, purees, sauces and jams.
Drying Tomatoes
Small tomatoes can also be successfully dried. Cherry or Grape tomatoes are the best for this - slit or halve. For larger tomatoes, halve or quarter them and increase the drying times.
Use the oven on low heat or a dehydrator. While you have it on, why not dry some Capsicums as well?
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Freezing Whole Tomatoes
When I came across this tip quite a few years ago, I was rather sceptical. Freeze whole tomatoes? Really? But it does work, and it helps with supplying tomatoes for cooking throughout the winter.
It is easy. Take some medium ziplock bags, place 2 or 3 washed and dried, whole tomatoes in the bag. Press the bag to remove as much air as possible and zip it closed. Place into the freezer.
When you want to use the tomatoes, add to soups, sauces, dals, braises etc straight from the freezer. They will break up as they defrost and cook.
It works a treat. I do hope that you get to try it.
Freeze Juice
Throw some tomatoes through the juicer, and freeze the wonderful juice. It is perfect for lots of tomato soups in winter, and can also be added to dishes such as dals, curries, rasams etc. Cheaper, cooking tomatoes can be used for juicing.
You can also puree the tomatoes and freeze the puree.
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In Autumn, tomatoes are often cheaper and great quality, and more flavoursome than Summer tomatoes. It is a perfect time to freeze tomatoes for use during winter. And it is useful to have tomatoes on hand that you can use without having to rush to the shops.
Our grow operation this spring (actually half of it)
Tomato progress. So far nice stocky tomatoes since I've been able to keep it cool. The round pots are a mix of my experimental soil that killed all but one of the peppers.. 
and some more recycled soil. The saved Campari seed ones are doing good and might be far enough along to pick a winner. Might pull a few and transplant if I get to it soon. The tomatillo is doing good too.
Planted 20 odd spuds, all from a supermarket bag I'd forgotten I had couple months ago. All sprouted rootlets. Now the waiting game.
Grapes have started green shoots, most of the cuttings have taken. Weirdly, broadbeans are flowering but they are hardly 5 in tall . .. strawberries also fruiting though some have perished .
The rest growing in pots in the greenhouse.
Worked on the pond edges, lined the sides halfway down using three cloth pots, the sort used to move treelings about, cut lengthwise, the idea is to cover the plastic and maybe a frog will choose the place for froglets. Also filled the gaps between stones with stone scalping kindly donated by the plotter next door.
Ready fora #stillife? #tomatoes and #cayenne #peppers
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My tomato starts doing some photosynthesis in the sunshine today. They'll be going in the cold frame outside sometime next week. From last year: Japanese Trifele Black, Italian Heirloom, Costoluto Firorento, Marsalato, Old German. New to me this year: Dester, Gill's All Purpose, Jaune Flamme.
My tomatoes are getting some outside time. 82 °F today! Can't wait to plant them. Zone 7b. #tomatoes #garden #gardening #allotment
At the plot. It's raining in a variety of densities, no drizzle.
Stuff is growing despite the weather. Indoors, strawbs have gone mad and grow vertically .... well, so far.
Also various beans which will go outdoors later, still too cold for them.
Weirdly broadbeans are already flowering tho they're barely 15cm high.
I've bought a bag of them in a food shop and they originate from Iran, of all places.
Grapes are starting green shoots, lil carrots tops, leeks and garlic also. Spuds.
Nice.
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When Winter comes, we are suddenly looking for tomato (and other) sauces to make soup out of, add to lentil braises, vegetable stews, gratins, dipping sauces, and other dishes. Luckily I often make several of these each Autumn so that they are frozen, ready for the first Wintery dish that needs them.
Some of these sauces are the sort of sauce that you put on your (vegetarian) bangers and mash or over your BBQ’d veggies and patties. But the other purpose of these sauces is to add flavour to dishes, or form the base for soups, other sauces, and dipping sauces for snacks.
I have about 7 or so different tomato sauce/puree recipes that get repeated. Autumn is ideal to make them - tomatoes are at their best, especially if home grown. You can, of course, bottle /preserve them instead of freezing.
The 'Marmande' tomatoes before and after pricking out into pots. A little early, maybe? #AllotmentGardening #VegGardening #GardeningUK #Gardening #Tomatoes #UK
This tomato plant is still cranking!
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Just two of the intentional plantings of #heirloom #tomatoes in my #garden: Cherokee Carbon & Gold Medal. #gratitude