Hello!
Pretty overcast day, but not too bad. We didn’t end up going out for a hike, but did tackle this pretty shabby looking garden!
The tomatoes had gone feral (mostly my fault for neglecting them and giving up on them…)
So we got to, picked all the decent tomatoes we could and pulled up and trimmed back a lot of stuff
Piling on the straw certainly helps make things look better too!
I brought up one of Support Chooks sisters to have a go at the bugs in this area. Her name is Flossie-Veloci. She was really funny. She went pecking mad at high speed to get all the bugs she could! It cheered me up as I had been feeling a bit sad as I know Support Chook would have LOVED all the slugs I found!
We really need to get a proper path in here… not a weedy afterthought!! (New project 🙂 )
Managed to get a lot of tomatoes! I guess tomorrows effort will be to wash and cook these – I think I’d just like to turn them all into tomato paste. I’ve really enjoyed using our own tomato paste.
Hope you have all had a lovely day!
Cheers!
Lisa, do you have a good recipe for tomato paste? I remember seeing one once where you roast the cherry tomatoes and then make the paste out of them. Wish i could find the recipe. Thanks for the pictures of your garden. I always love seeing your garden pics. Glad you brought the other Chook up to have some goodies! Good idea!
Hi Pat – I’ve just been doing it a really basic way – cooking the tomatoes, then running them through a food mill to squish out the skin and seeds… then boiling/simmering for hours to reduce to thick paste. Divide into containers and freeze. You can add oil and salt – or even herbs if you want – I think its one of those things that you can just wing really easily!
Glad you enjoy the garden snaps! I love getting out there – just being a bit lazy lately! I’ll have to bring one of the other chooks up as a treat next time we are working out there 🙂
I saw this and I thought this goes with her place real well. So here you go greenhouse ideas a plenty.
https://www.apieceofrainbow.com/21-amazing-diy-greenhouses/
Thanks heaps Sandra! Some really great ideas in that lot! I’ll share it to my gardening page – someone else might get some grand ideas! 🙂