Homegrown tomatoes = today's happiness

[semperfiona]

At this very moment, on a chilly afternoon in the second week of December, I am eating lovely ripe homegrown tomatoes from our summer garden. In fact, (viz. the first line of that song) yesterday I had one for dinner with bacon and lettuce.

Those who live around here will remember that we had a killing frost back at the beginning of November. Ain't it amazing. We picked all the remaining green tomatoes, of which there were many, and stuck them in a colander. They have been gradually ripening ever since, and I have been greedily eating them!

Comments

[egwenna.livejournal.com]

Nice! My tomatoes had a glorious July and August and petered out quickly after that.

[marea93.livejournal.com]

Sounds delish! I only really enjoy tomatoes for the few weeks a year I can find them ripe and local, if I'm lucky.

[chaosfence.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

I am completely jealous. After settling for awful hothouse tomatoes yesterday, I am tempted to curse you under my breath, but I'll settle for living vicariously.