I have a confession to make. I bought tomatoes. At the grocery store. I have no regrets. After the bushels and bushels of tomatoes we grew and ate all summer, I’ve run out. It happened last week. We have plenty of jarred and sauced and roasted frozen ones but I needed something else. It’s November […]
Great Canadian Food Experience; Preserving Heirloom Tomato Sauce
Great Canadian Food Experience; Preserving Our Canadian Food Tradition by Canning Heirloom Tomato Sauce This time of year I’m still neck deep in tomatoes. We grow them all summer, then as we pick them I make notes, take photographs, and try to stay organized before ripping them open to start fermenting the seeds. By the time […]
How to Tell when your Green Tomatoes are Ripe and Ready to Eat
One of the most common questions I get in August is “how can I tell when I should pick and eat these green tomatoes?”. Lime Salad, Green Grape, Green Zebra, they’re all green and all a little confusing when you’re used to waiting for your tomatoes to turn red (or blue) before enjoying. It’s actually […]
A Birthday and our Favourite Book: First Tomato by Rosemary Wells
Rebecca and I would like to share a little of one of our favourite books with you. It’s her birthday and she’s 4 years old today so we are celebrating at the farm by picking tomatoes and reading our favourite books. A well loved copy of First Tomato, part of a charming trilogy of books […]
How to: Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Saving your own tomato seeds is rather fun and has all sorts of benefits. Preserving heirloom seeds, ensuring a supply of your own favourites for next year, helping protect seed diversity, making a giant mess of stinky fermenting goo, it’s all there! It’s also pretty easy. As part of our seed selling business we save […]