Tomato progress. So far nice stocky tomatoes since I've been able to keep it cool. The round pots are a mix of my experimental soil that killed all but one of the peppers.. 
and some more recycled soil. The saved Campari seed ones are doing good and might be far enough along to pick a winner. Might pull a few and transplant if I get to it soon. The tomatillo is doing good too.
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Planted 20 odd spuds, all from a supermarket bag I'd forgotten I had couple months ago. All sprouted rootlets. Now the waiting game.
Grapes have started green shoots, most of the cuttings have taken. Weirdly, broadbeans are flowering but they are hardly 5 in tall . .. strawberries also fruiting though some have perished .
The rest growing in pots in the greenhouse.
Worked on the pond edges, lined the sides halfway down using three cloth pots, the sort used to move treelings about, cut lengthwise, the idea is to cover the plastic and maybe a frog will choose the place for froglets. Also filled the gaps between stones with stone scalping kindly donated by the plotter next door.
Ready fora #stillife? #tomatoes and #cayenne #peppers
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My tomato starts doing some photosynthesis in the sunshine today. They'll be going in the cold frame outside sometime next week. From last year: Japanese Trifele Black, Italian Heirloom, Costoluto Firorento, Marsalato, Old German. New to me this year: Dester, Gill's All Purpose, Jaune Flamme.
My tomatoes are getting some outside time. 82 °F today! Can't wait to plant them. Zone 7b. #tomatoes #garden #gardening #allotment
At the plot. It's raining in a variety of densities, no drizzle.
Stuff is growing despite the weather. Indoors, strawbs have gone mad and grow vertically .... well, so far.
Also various beans which will go outdoors later, still too cold for them.
Weirdly broadbeans are already flowering tho they're barely 15cm high.
I've bought a bag of them in a food shop and they originate from Iran, of all places.
Grapes are starting green shoots, lil carrots tops, leeks and garlic also. Spuds.
Nice.
Mutti
Tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, pasta sauces
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Tomatoes and tomatillo thinned to one, and the 2024 Gravenstein scion wood rooting attempt had lots of leaf. I put a little rooting hormone in the water but it's old so I've ordered some new. The cuttings are bagged and off to the side so they're not getting full light.
When Winter comes, we are suddenly looking for tomato (and other) sauces to make soup out of, add to lentil braises, vegetable stews, gratins, dipping sauces, and other dishes. Luckily I often make several of these each Autumn so that they are frozen, ready for the first Wintery dish that needs them.
Some of these sauces are the sort of sauce that you put on your (vegetarian) bangers and mash or over your BBQ’d veggies and patties. But the other purpose of these sauces is to add flavour to dishes, or form the base for soups, other sauces, and dipping sauces for snacks.
I have about 7 or so different tomato sauce/puree recipes that get repeated. Autumn is ideal to make them - tomatoes are at their best, especially if home grown. You can, of course, bottle /preserve them instead of freezing.
The 'Marmande' tomatoes before and after pricking out into pots. A little early, maybe? #AllotmentGardening #VegGardening #GardeningUK #Gardening #Tomatoes #UK
Just two of the intentional plantings of #heirloom #tomatoes in my #garden: Cherokee Carbon & Gold Medal. #gratitude
Up-potting these babies. 
This year, sticking with the tried and true:
Roma
Beefsteak
Black Krim
Sun Gold Cherry
And trying for the first time:
Hillbilly (large heirloom)
Large Red Cherry
And it’s taking a while. 
With the better weather, I have been poking things in the garden with sticks again. Alicante Tomato plants for swaps/giveaway. Small, tasty red salad variety. Plus some well rooted Ajuga cuttings. #allotment #plantswapuk #sheffieldplantswap #ajugareptans #tomatoes
Ausbeute von der Pflanzenbörse im Botanischen Garten:
Kräuter für die Fensterbankkisterln (Bohnenkraut, Steinpilzthymian, Frz. Majoran, Petersilie), 3 Backup-Kirschparadeis‘ – nachdem meine selbstgezogenen noch so mini sind – ein Türkischer Gewürzpaprika, eine Erdbeere Mieze Schindler und eine lila Zimmerpflanze (Name vergessen)
Things are going quite well The plants seem to be quite happy in the small indoor greenhouse. The tomatoes are seeking to catch even more light and are growing fast 
Oops, I haven’t posted in the tomato thread for a couple of months! While other local gardeners have complained of a poor season for tomatoes, I’ve been picking plenty. The Sub Arctic Plenty plants died off recently, so I picked the remaining green tomatoes to ripen inside. The Sweet 100 are still going.
I’ve been putting surplus into the freezer, and today I converted them into passata . Will be great for soups, pasta sauces etc.
