This is what I have been building towards for a few years now

[Douglas14]

Wow. That's a nice haul! What variety is that pile of nicely shaped red tomatoes at the right front?

[Qweniden]

Originally Posted by Douglas14

Wow. That's a nice haul! What variety is that pile of nicely shaped red tomatoes at the right front?

Old Brooks. Strangely not that flavorful (compared to the other ones) so I put them in the dehydrator. I think they got too much water.

Originally Posted by Qweniden

Eat some fresh. We made pizza tonight. Dry some. Make some salsa. Can the rest.

Here is something we really enjoy when we have lots of tomatoes. The recipe can be varied any way you want. I like to use cheese as the final layer and brown them under the oven broiler a little. Time in the oven seems to intensify the flavor of the tomatoes.

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes...ato_and_basil/

Ted

[Eirik]

Great harvest!

[Qweniden]

Originally Posted by tedln

Here is something we really enjoy when we have lots of tomatoes. The recipe can be varied any way you want. I like to use cheese as the final layer and brown them under the oven broiler a little. Time in the oven seems to intensify the flavor of the tomatoes.

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes...ato_and_basil/

Ted

Thank you

[madddawg]

That's A good day of picking there.

[Claudia]

AWESOME!

[kath]

Wow- the amazing and beautiful result of all your hard work! A lovely yummy-looking picture- thanks for sharing.

kath

[KathyDC]

That is great! I can only dream of such a one-day harvest.

Kathy, who's thinking up ways to stuff in more tomato plants without completely taking over the back yard....

[Noreaster]

Beautiful ! Makes the work worthwhile. And a great hobby. Thanks for sharing.

[lycomania]

That's an amazing sight. Great job!

[Qweniden]

Originally Posted by KathyDC

That is great! I can only dream of such a one-day harvest.

Kathy, who's thinking up ways to stuff in more tomato plants without completely taking over the back yard....

What else would you use the back yard for?

[crmauch]

Originally Posted by Qweniden

This is what I have been building towards for a few years now.

Truly beautiful picture and beautiful harvest. You say you have been 'building' towards this for a few years. What do you mean by 'building'? And why did it take you a few years?

Thanks,

Chris

[ubergoober]

Amazingly beautiful! Good job!

[Qweniden]

Originally Posted by crmauch

You say you have been 'building' towards this for a few years. What do you mean by 'building'? And why did it take you a few years?

A combination of learning through trial and error how to grow big healthy tomatoes our area (supports systems, soil, fertilizer amount, irrigation design, water amount, disease management, starting seeds, etc) and also finally having enough space to finally grow this much.