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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2009, 09:22:09 am »
Thank you Natalie,
I print it out and when tomato  are ripe I will make some Salsa

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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2009, 02:49:33 pm »
You are welcome Johnny, here is one for Bruschetta

It calls for roma tomatoes but I have used both roma and regular globe tomatoes for this recipe and they both worked fine.

3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1 tbs dried basil
1 tbs dried oregano
2tbs balsamic vinegar
5 cups chopped, cored roma tomatoes
olive oil for drizzling
mozzarella cheese
italian bread

Mix all of this together and let sit
Slice a loaf of italian bread in half and lightly drizzle with olive oil
Spoon tomato mixture onto both halves (don't worry about using the liquid) and then sprinkle with mozzarella or your favorite italian cheese.
Bake in the oven on 350 until bread is lightly toasted and crisp and cheese is melted.
Slice and serve.

You can also slice a whole loaf of italian bread into rounds and make individual slices.


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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2009, 08:16:15 pm »
thank you again
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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2009, 08:20:16 pm »
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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2009, 02:50:43 pm »
With as many tomatoes as had been planted you can make 5 gallons of salsa and still have enough for several more gallons of green tomato relish when the 1st frost bites the leaves.  I make my tomato relish with some Jalepinos or Habarana peppers to spice it up.
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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2009, 07:44:37 pm »
Dont forget tomato juice

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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2009, 08:17:29 pm »
Fried green tomatoes! I love them.

BLT's with or without the B & L, just lots of mayo, salt, and pepper.

 
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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2009, 09:22:39 pm »
I love Caprese Salad:

A piece of romaine lettuce
One slice (or big ol hunk) of buffalo mozzarella cheese on top of the lettuce
Then a slice of tomato on top of that
Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Sprinkle some fresh basil. YUM!

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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2009, 10:08:54 pm »
Have to have plenty of stakes for this many plants.
Went to the pallet mill today and picked upa load of slat rejects.
Trim and split these on my table saw.

Here is how I do it.
A raised bed 4 ft wide.
2 rows 1 foot apart and the plants staggered 18 inches apart.
The 2x's that are the ones the pallet boards are nailed to, split down the middle and sharpened on one end. Drive into the ground about 10 to 12 inches. 3 to 4 feet apart. On the out side of each row, end to end.
Run a 2 inch strip from end to end, for the cross strips to lie on.
The thin boards that make up the pallet flat is ripped 1 to 2 inches and tied in place across the out side runner strips. which by the end of growth will go as high as needed.
The out side strips should be about one foot apart. install only after the plants are well above the existing runners and cross pieces.

Once there is a few blooms and fruit on, it is time to mulch.
I like the present years wheat straw. The machines are set to where they leave just enough wheat seed in the straw to make a good cover crop, so when you are through harvesting just let the wheat grow out and till in later. After you have removed the old dead tomato vines.

Yes, I will get some pictures periodically during progression as the project move's forward.

You didn't know I could write like that , did you?  ;)
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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #29 on: May 13, 2009, 12:44:10 am »
Wow doak, you really are eloquent when you want to be. ;)

Sounds like you have everything under control on this big tomato garden you have going on there.
Good for you.

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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #30 on: May 20, 2009, 07:18:31 pm »
18 more in the ground. going to plant some pumpkins and butter nut squash soon. :)doak

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Re: tomatoes
« Reply #31 on: May 29, 2009, 10:37:17 pm »
guess its my slow dial up. cannot get pic's uploaded. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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« Reply #32 on: May 30, 2009, 10:11:47 pm »