July 29, 2019
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Philly 7A
Posts: 739
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July 19th - 28th, 2019
Headed to OC MD for a week vacation, I had a few people harvesting the garden while I was gone.
Picked one last crop for vacation.
When we got home Saturday, I was all set to unpack and tend to the garden, however, there was an issue when I got home, apparently the fridge was off (circuit breaker tripped) and all the food went bad, I buy a lot of bulk meats and slice myself and had just picked up a bunch of meat from restaurant depot to slice some meats for our vacation.
After a few hours cleaning the refrigerator I tended to the garden a bit, but just to pick tomatoes, I wasn't in a very "happy gardening" mood. I did harvest the okra because most pods were past being edible, if the okra is about 3-4" and snaps off easily, I will use them.
It's amazing how much stuff can grow when your not watching it, lol
Lots of rain in Philly this past week, I had a few tomatoes split, one of my friends stopped by Thursday and picked 15 or so tomatoes, then Friday another buddy stopped by and picked another 15+ and texted me and said there were tomatoes everywhere, he picked a few for the neighbor also.
After the Saturday harvest I decided I will be making sauce again this year, I originally wasn't going to make sauce because my family prefers the taste of the store bought over my sauce which was very acidic/tart last batch.
I plan on changing up my recipe and method this year to see if I can cut the acid taste a bit.
I started picking out the damaged and very ripe tomatoes then cored, halved them then froze in batches. Since my freezer is completely empty, I have the room to freeze quite a bit of tomatoes.
Roasted Poblano, tomato, egg and cheese club sandwich for breakfast
Another garden breakfast
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48404343962_04cfab6cd8_b.jpg) Turkey, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and cheese, clubs for dinner.
Grill cheese with tomato and fried eggplant.
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