Lots of Tomatoes (among other things)

First, onions and garlic harvested a few weeks ago. I decided to try drying some of the garlic in braids, which is something I've read about. It worked, but I didn't do display quality here:

Better luck next year, I guess.

I also pulled up the onions and set them to dry. Of course, it rained on them a couple of times. We'll see how they cured. They are now in the basement and won't be used immediately because we have plenty of fresh ones from the CSA.

More pickles came:



Some of these were destined for dill pickles. I made two types this year: with and without a quarter teaspoon of hot pepper flakes. Lots of fresh dill in each jar. (Unfortunately, not fromthe garden, as the dill didn't do well in the front).

And then, the tomatoes. Wouldn't you know it: I am learning about more things that can go wrong with tomatoes. Like yellow shoulders which is apparently likely due to low potassium. Can't do anything about it now, I'll have to wait for next spring. They still make good sauce though, using my new technique (a food mill).

Since excessive heat may also cause this, I've taken to letting the tomatoes ripen inside (another Internet suggestion). Fortunately, we have an extra room which is ideal for this:

Oh yes, we have this year's variety of cherry tomatoes---"chocolate cherry." Mine don't look like the picture, however, and they seem to keep the green shoulders:
It's a little hard to see, but there are two little sweet peppers on the side. This is a pepper variety I picked up at the last minute at Home Depot. Haven't tried them yet.