It’s a process
All the tomatoes are coming at once. The windowsill and much of two counters by the stove are covered with them.
I really love those yellow-orange ones. They are like the sun. Oddly enough, the variety is called Moonglow. I grow them every year and they always produce remarkable fruits.
It’s such a fast season. They are hard to appreciate enough.

We can tomato sauce. Lucky for me, Sam does almost all of this work. He’s really into it, counting up the quarts.
So yesterday, he was canning sauce and I was processing beets, zucchini, green beans, onions, and shallots. Made for a busy kitchen, but we work quite compatibly, cleaning as we go.
Every day, something gets done and then the harvest is over.
It’s supposed to storm this weekend. I wonder what the rain and wind will do to the crops.
I had a notice from my web host that my account was compromised. I had a lot of cleanup to do – deleting old files and updating things I wanted to keep. To my surprise, I was able to find old logins that I hadn’t used in years. The websites are much improved, but — did I “determine the attack vector and then take actions to mitigate further exploits,” as they say? I really don’t know. I’m waiting for the next notice from them. Interesting that I needed to clean up my electronic life in the middle of all the other cleaning I’m doing. It’s definitely a cleaning season.
Moonglow tomatoes ~ oh how I love them! I think the first time we grew them, was about 2007 or 2008, a Seed Keepers source recommendation if I recall correctly. Such. great keepers, delicious when canned, and as beautiful as those on your windowsill! And all of those vegetables … whoop! Hurray for Sam’s canning! So satisfying to have those quart jars “lurking” in the pantry, promising the taste of spring and summer, when it’s wintery inside and outside! We have young neighbors that have a huge greenhouse and garden, and this year they wanted to learn how to “can” or “jar” some of their bounty. It was really a joy to be asked, and able! So my canning supplies live with them now! Thank you so much for all of this!
Happy to know another Moonglow aficionado! We don’t do a lot of canning, mostly sauce and dill pickles. The freezer gets quite full. It’s all appreciated during the long winter months.
There is NOTHING like a tomato, fresh from the garden…warm with Real tomato taste!
We have so many tomatoes this year. And for most of the year, we have none! We’re eating them with everything.