More tomatoes in deed! Like I mentioned before, my friend Joan had this bumper crop of tomatoes.....too many tomatoes for her. Once again, she offered for Bike man and me to come on over and pick tomatoes. We came home with two laundry baskets full. Spent most of our Sunday processing tomatoes.
We invited our friend Caryn to come over and help with the canning process. So what did we make this time? We made 30 more pints of salsa, 7 quarts of tomatoes chunks and 10 quarts of tomato soup.
Our outdoor kitchen was so nice and so airy! All of the mess was outside, so that made me very happy. Finished our canning by 9 pm last night. Lots of work, and lots of sore feet!
My treat to a hard day of sweating among the tomatoes yesterday, was a late afternoon ride today with my friend Kim. Beautiful day for a ride. Very warm and breezy, plus we were covered in gnats when we finished our ride at 7:10 pm. The pink sunset was amazing tonight, but now we are experiencing 30-40 mph wind gusts from the cold front moving in. The weather is certainly changing......a sign that fall is really coming. (22 miles)
More tomatoes in deed! Like I mentioned before, my friend Joan had this bumper crop of tomatoes.....too many tomatoes for her. Once again, she offered for Bike man and me to come on over and pick tomatoes. We came home with two laundry baskets full. Spent most of our Sunday processing tomatoes.
We invited our friend Caryn to come over and help with the canning process. So what did we make this time? We made 30 more pints of salsa, 7 quarts of tomatoes chunks and 10 quarts of tomato soup.
Our outdoor kitchen was so nice and so airy! All of the mess was outside, so that made me very happy. Finished our canning by 9 pm last night. Lots of work, and lots of sore feet!
My treat to a hard day of sweating among the tomatoes yesterday, was a late afternoon ride today with my friend Kim. Beautiful day for a ride. Very warm and breezy, plus we were covered in gnats when we finished our ride at 7:10 pm. The pink sunset was amazing tonight, but now we are experiencing 30-40 mph wind gusts from the cold front moving in. The weather is certainly changing......a sign that fall is really coming. (22 miles)
Great lookin' tomatoes!
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ReplyDeleteI LOVED the salsa you made- we've already downed a jar!
Yummy-looking tomatoes...and I know that the salsa will be equally delish.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine the wonderful aroma of your 'outdoor kitchen' as the tomatoes were being processed. (Great that the mess was all outside...terrific idea!!!)
The pink (and orange and red) sunsets are beautiful here, too. I'm so glad that you are enjoying them....as you ride your bike.
P.S. I do wish that you would gather ALL gnats to your area...and keep them there...pesky li'l critters, they are!!!
Smiles to you from Jackie