Tomatoes

This has been a great year for tomatoes! Persimmon tomatoes the size of softballs! I've had BLT's a few time & never get tired of them. Missing: photos of large tomatoes! Allyson's Sunsweet Tomatoes easily has out-produced all of the small types that have been planted. I think they are tastier than the yellow pear tomatoes in the supermarket. It hasn't been a particularly warm year, but maybe the night-time temperatures have been higher than usual & that is why the large tomatoes have done well.

This past Monday, Cindy picked ~ dozen roma tomatoes. I used them in a sause with zucchini - I used Graeme's recipe which I should post.

There are many artichokes, but when do they get picked? Time for googling..! The first ones I picked were too early - not very good.

When it rains, it pours! The bigger 'hot' peppers have rippen & I've been picking many the past two weeks. Poblano's look just like supermarket types. The unusual types are more interesting. Graeme & I picked a few 'chocolate' bell peppers last week. Most of these peppers & tomatoes have been used to make salsa - still not as hot as I like but good. They are also easy to stirfry with onion for fahitas.

There are a few squirrels running about & probably responsible for some eaten tomatoes, but there is enough food in all the nearby gardens that the effect hasn't been too bad.