We went on a late summer vacation to a warm climate with palm lined beaches to take some much needed time off. Right before we left, I harvested the last of the Burbank tomatoes and most of the heirlooms. I did cook a big pot of pasta sauce, which I canned, but I ran out of time so I went the quick and easy route which was to dice and freeze the remaining tomatoes.
I picked our first ripe tomatoes of the season. Just a handful of cherry tomatoes and one little Roma, but still it's exciting, at least for a gardening geek like me. The first tomatoes always taste amazing, probably because you've been waiting so long for them to ripen...but more likely it's that they ripen on the vine. Last year was such a disaster, most of our plants died from some sort of mold.
