Here’s a healthy, tasty way to use those home-roasted tomatoes you made in August, along with lots of other garden vegetables.
Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
6 red peppers
1 yellow onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 carrots
1 quart of home roasted tomatoes, or 1 28 oz can of fire roasted tomatoes
2 cups of carrot juice (fresh is best, [...]
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Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Posted in Recipes, Tomatoes, tagged Recipes, Tomatoes on November 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Slow Roasted Tomatoes, Ranchero Sauce and Tomato Bisque
Posted in Heirloom Vegetables, Recipes, Tomatoes, tagged Recipes, Tomatoes on September 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Next year I am planting more San Marzanos. We have been making tray after tray of slow roasted tomatoes, and the San Marzanos are better than any other variety for this purpose. Yeah, we have roasted every variety we have, but the San Marzanos are so meaty and they have great flavor when roasted!
There [...]
A Long Overdue Update, Mostly About Tomatoes and Pumpkins
Posted in Potatoes, Summer Gardening, Tomatoes, tagged Photos, Pumpkins, Tomatoes on August 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I guess I took the Lazy Days of Summer to heart… we’ve been back from our sailing trip for two weeks and I haven’t bothered to post a garden update.
What a slacker!
Thanks, Dad, for nagging me. Here’s your update.
The garden was in good hands while I was away. Unfortunately, the weather was less [...]
Vacation or harvest?
Posted in Summer Gardening, Tomatoes, Watering on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, it is going to be a quiet week or two here at Neurotic Gardener. We are off for an ocean race on the sailboat, which means I am missing the height of the first big tomato harvest, and the first of the main season sweet corn, and leaving garden watering to others.
I am [...]
107.1 degrees today!
Posted in Oregon Weather, Pumpkins, Summer Gardening, Tomatoes, tagged Pumpkins, Tomatoes, Watering on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My neighbor has a fancy weather station at his house. It is typically very accurate, and it measured a high this afternoon of 107.1 degrees Fahrenheit. WOW.
I watered this morning and again this evening, and the curcurbits were all looking very wilty. The good news is that they perked up within about 20 minutes of [...]
Heat Wave!
Posted in Pumpkins, Summer Gardening, Tomatoes, Watering, tagged Pumpkins, Tomatoes, Watering on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had a high temperature of 102.7 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday. That may not seem hot for you folks living in the more southern or eastern parts of the state, but it is a bit unique for Columbia City. Today is forecast to be slightly warmer.
I am watering like a wild woman trying to keep everything [...]
