{"id":6484,"date":"2013-09-16T13:27:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2013-09-16T18:46:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T22:46:34","slug":"up-to-my-elbows-in-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2013\/09\/16\/up-to-my-elbows-in-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to my elbows in tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tomatoesmixedripe\"<\/a>September may be the most beautiful month of the year in this neck of the woods.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t know. Every weekend in September, it seems I’m out in the garden digging potatoes, or sorting onions, or pulling corn stalks or–most likely–harvesting, handling and preserving tomatoes.<\/p>\n

This past weekend was no different.<\/p>\n

I’d already harvested many tomatoes–stored in buckets on my porch to ripen and find their way into canning pots or onto roasting trays. I gave loads to friends and neighbors. This weekend, I did another round of tomato duty, plus some crab apple mint jelly and end of the garden soup.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: I can’t throw away a beautiful tomato. Too much of a miracle…in the north country.<\/p>\n

Here, some photos of my weekend. No hikes in the woods, no paddle along a quiet river, no visit to a museum. My weekend=tomatoes.<\/p>\n

Here’s a link to an urban version<\/a> of tomato canning, from the NY Times.<\/p>\n

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Tomatoes halfway through roasting process.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tomatoes cooking down for paste, on summer kitchen stove.<\/p><\/div>\n

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End product. Worth it!<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m collecting your September garden photos–send them to ellen@ncpr.org and keep those garden photos and stories coming.<\/p>\n

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