Help MBE grow his dinner 2010

emiff6

mrbadexample wrote: »

I've been blanching them to make them easy to peel, then chopping or blending to use in place of tinned tomatoes, or chopping & freezing to preserve them.

Oh, thanks for this info - :T I didn't know you could freeze tomatoes - when mine eventually go red, (and I'm expecting the whole lot to turn at the same time, just to annoy), I'll try that - nice to have a way of preserving them for winter stews and soups. I tried pickling some in vinegar last year, but the taste was more vinegar than tomato, so not a lot of use really.

mrbadexample

emiff6 wrote: »

Oh, thanks for this info - :T I didn't know you could freeze tomatoes -

Until you mentioned it, I'd never thought to check.

Happily, it seems that you can.

lemonjelly

I'm getting a large volume of beans from my plants!:j

Tomatoes are still doing ok. I did have a worry this week when in the high winds my small greenhouse blew over (it has a couple of cucumber plants & my lettuce in). It fell onto 2 tomato plants. Looks like I've lost 3 or 4 fruits, but could've been worse.

Harvested another 8 cucmbers the other day.:j

Picked a few brocolli florets today.:j

I am going to make some soup this week. I'll be throwing in some beans, brocolli, some grated courgettes, and some peas, sweetcorn, carrots & potatoes which I'll have to buy. Yum!

mrbadexample

lemonjelly wrote: »

I'm getting a large volume of beans from my plants!:j

I'm doing ok for runners. Eaten some, frozen some, given some away, and more to come!

lemonjelly

I seem to be the only person with no red tomatoes.
Anyone else having this problem? I've been saying to myself that everything is slower/later this year because of the late winter. However it is now almost the end of august & I don't think I have 1 red tomato.

I'm starting to wonder whether panicking might help?

Skint_Lynne

I have had some red tomatoes, I am in Glasgow. I helped some along the way though by putting them on my windowsill, but some have went red of their own accord.

they'll get there eventually.:)

katholicos

I'm in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs and mine are still green mostly, though some look like they want to turn red...still no reds yet though :-(

scotsaver

I've only had a few red ones, still got loads of green ones and if we don't get much more sun I can see me having to make some Green Tomato chutney.:cool:

parsonswife8

Ours are STILL green, in Kent, can you believe it?:mad:

lemonjelly

<lemonjelly is relieved at not being the only one...>

I had an inspect of them today. I think one may be reddening (although that could just be me trying to convince myself):o