Turning late-season tomatoes into delicious sauce
These beautiful ripe tomatoes, from my garden and the local farmers market, are going into the pot to become sauce!
With some gentle heat...
... a little stirring...
... and about an hour...
We had a pot of sauce!
It went through a strainer to remove skins and seeds (for the compost), leaving this:
We simmered it for a little while to remove excess water, and then poured the rest into a big clean jar.
This will be enjoyed in a couple weeks, when we need to make up another big batch of pasta sauce. When that runs out, we have 6 more jars full, and each of those have been pressure canned so they will last all Winter.
As for the garden itself, I mentioned in my Late Autumn Garden Update that I was putting in a bulb garden along the left side of the yard. Here's what it looked like the other day:
I have extended the bulb garden further along the side of the yard:
And today, started covering the main garden with fallen leaves:
Into the bulb garden I have planted daffodils, garlic, crocus, and snowdrops.
Yesterday, I completed the collection and storage of my heirloom organic tomato seeds. I have close to 10 varieties in my collection, some of which I have been growing for 12 or more seasons. Here are the ones I grew and put away this year:
It has been a successful first year here at my new garden in Northwestern BC, Canada.
Keep on growing!
DRutter
WoW! Beautiful your step by step post to make homemade tomato sauce.
It must be delicious, then it's the tomatoes you have grown with so much love.
My compliments.