Last week while I was feeling under the weather , I didn't venture out to the garden much. The deer eat all my tomatoes , so unless we get some serious rain , my garden is through except for the peppers. No more salsa , spaghetti sauce or that wonderful tomato sauce with basil , I was planning to make.
I may check with one of our local farms and see if they have any tomatoes for sale. I love tomatoes and can't imagine going through the winter without some canned whole tomatoes , sauces and salsa. I've only preserved 2 quarts and 1 pint of salsa and 3 quarts and 1 pint of tomatoes.
I'm so disappointed , next year I hope to have a fence around the garden. It's really aggravating , putting so much time and effort into the garden and have your harvest eaten by wildlife.
Glad they don't like garlic , I've got my hard neck garlic cleaned up and ready to be stored. I'll be doing the soft necks this week , hope to try braiding some of them.
~ Garden Blessings ~
JoyceAnn
HI Joyce ann,
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear the deer at your toms. Heartbreaking!Hope you can find some to buy!
THe boys won today so still in play offs.:o)THey are excitied. Each game gets harder to win.
Blessins',Lib
Hello Joyce Ann - wildlife is such a pretty site but not when they're eating the results of your hard (enjoyable) work. Hope you can find tomatoes at your local farmers market... it could be a l-o-n-g winter.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it's the deer and chickens. The deer ate all my cool weather crops like the cabbage and broccoli. i love them dearly (ha), but I am going to have to fence them off next year too.
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