This is the last of the Heirloom tomatoes.
They have been safely finishing their ripening in the greenhouse.
I will have a salad for lunch, do the last of the seed saving, and roast a few more tomatoes for Winter enjoyment.
The End
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How beautiful…
love the colors of these tasty garden tomatoes….
Are there a couple of Pink German tomatoes in the picture? We enjoyed them best of all the others this summer.
The pinks are Millionaire, Mortgage Lifter….I did grow an Old German, but it was a bi-color…..did you know their are over 3000 kinds of Heirloom tomatoes!
I had no idea there were so many kinds of Heirlooms! I’m embarrassed to say I thought there was just one.
Nothing like fresh, garden-grown tomatoes.
How do you roast tomatoes?
To slow roast them, I just chop them, drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper…I add fresh herbs when I still have them….roast at 225 degrees (or so) for 3 hours….turn off heat and let cool in oven…then pull off skins and slide tomatoes into a freezer bag. Perfect roasted tomatoes for soups, chilies etc…all Winter long. 🙂 I wish I had a pantry full of “canned” tomatoes, but I don’t have time to can!
They’re so pretty.. I think Heirlooms are my favorite, not just for flavor but the unique coloring!
I really think I grow them for the shapes and colors–the flavor is bonus!
You got a nice long season and good crop! How delicious!
I will be missing the wonderful flavor of my heirloom tomatoes all winter although I do have lots of sauce in the freezer.
Waves goodbye from here! I was thinking the same thing about your long season, sulk, sulk….. 😉
I’m ready for the break!
I had a picture like that from a year ago…I had more tomatoes than I knew what to do with. And then this year I just had a paltry few. I love your photo, and I feel a little sad. There’s nothing like those heirloom tomatoes! 🙂
This was a good season for the tomatoes despite the heat and dry growing season.
Looks like a magazine shot from this angle!
The lighting was just right! Thank you!