Homegrown tomatoes, there’s nothing quite like them to wake up the palate and slap you with the taste of summer. I’ve compiled all of my favorite posts about this delectable nightshade. Just click on the link below each photo for tips, pics and insights (hopefully) about growing and enjoying tomatoes in your garden and on [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tomatoes'
Growing Tomatoes: Tips, Pics & Tom’s Two Cents
April 4th, 2012 · 12 Comments
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Snip It: The Best Way to Pick Cherry Tomatoes
September 20th, 2011 · 11 Comments
My heart belongs to the big ol’ Daddy tomatoes, the slicers, the small planets that make a BLT (and again, my heart) sing. Sure cherry tomatoes deserve some attention, but I treat them less like an entree and more like a snack food, which brings me to my ridiculously simple way of harvesting them. Instead [...]
How to Make Ketchup & Blue Ribbon Redemption
August 9th, 2010 · 36 Comments
As good as it gets: homemade ketchup from homegrown tomatoes via some lessons learned. My culinary redemption is complete. As some of you may recall, my last attempt to make ketchup did not end so well; my kitchen looked like Freddy Krueger had stopped by for lunch. (Witness the tomato carnage in How Not to Make Ketchup.) The good news is confidence has [...]
