BarredBuff's Homesteading Shenanigans

[BarredBuff]

Huge garden. WHen google maps update I will show an aeriel view of the place. They still dont have the animal houses on there after the two years of their existence....

FJ, we eat, can, salsify, juice, spaghetti sauce, make tomato soup, and she freezes some. I want to dry some..........

 

[BarredBuff]

And she wants to make ketchup...............

 

[Wannabefree]

Oh the dried ones are SOOO yummy!!! I did a bunch of those last year MMMmmmmmmmmmm!

 

[BarredBuff]

Oh the dried ones are SOOO yummy!!! I did a bunch of those last year MMMmmmmmmmmmm!

Did you sun dry them or dehydrate?

 

[Wannabefree]

Oh the dried ones are SOOO yummy!!! I did a bunch of those last year MMMmmmmmmmmmm!

Did you sun dry them or dehydrate?

both, they taste the same to me. DELICIOUS!

 

[BarredBuff]

I also want to dry some corn so she will make some of Jamie's corn thingy (cant remember the name)

 

[FarmerJamie]

We plant eight 45 foot rows each year of pure heirlooms and they are the BEST.

What do you do with them?

I know what I'd do....tomato sandwiches, salads, paste, sauce, whole tomatoes, salsa, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, chilli sauce, veggie soup base...need more ideas?

ow ow ow

I ask, because different tomatoes are better suited for different things as we all know. I grow Roma's for my sauces , Beefsteaks for eating raw (salads and sandwiches), and Better Boys for just about everything else. We mostly can tomatoes for juice (for recipes that call for paste and water), salsa, and freezing.

I'm just now going through my wishlist for 'maters and thought I might try something new this year.

 

[Wannabefree]

I grow the roma and better Boy's I want to try Celebrity and Mrtgage Lifters. The heirloom Rainbows are good eating too.

 

[BarredBuff]

We have SEVERAL heirloom varieties. Black ones, yellow ones, purple ones, pinkish ones, Romas too.

 

[FarmerJamie]

We have SEVERAL heirloom varieties. Black ones, yellow ones, purple ones, pinkish ones, Romas too.

If you have breed/variety names, I'd appreciate the info.