Do I want Thanksgiving tomatoes?
Last year, I was so excited
to have homegrown
tomatoes left at Thanksgiving. This year, I gave the
last of the house-ripened tomatoes to the chickens.
The truth is that even
the best heirloom tomatoes taste an awful lot like storebought if
they're picked green in October before the first frost and ripened
inside. It may sound crazy, but we'd rather eat delicious
lettuce, leafy greens, and carrots at this time of year than a less
than perfect tomato.
In fact, we're hardly
even eating out of the freezer yet. Even summer soup, frozen at
its peak of perfection, doesn't hold a candle to the sweetness of
November kale. Maybe I'll replace my dream of a Thanksgiving
tomato with a New Year's salad?
Our chicken waterer gives the flock something to
peck other than each other during boring winter days.
Or explore more posts by date or by subject.
About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment.
John --- That's the beauty of chickens. No guilt to toss those last fruits you don't want to eat. After all, they're going to turn into eggs!
Eric --- I love it! This is definitely the season when kale is in shun.