Kerry’s Garden

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We have been picking tomatoes off this grouping for several weeks now. These were planted in a bag of soil back in early May and have been doing great. They are to the size now where they do need to be watered daily and I have fertilized a couple of times with some MG. I will definitely do this again next year.

A few feet away this grape tomato plant is loving it’s half barrel. There are also a couple of basil plants in there too. It has been very productive too. These two are right next to the house which makes it nice. Since I see them every time I come home they are getting more attention than they would out in the garden. The deer haven’t made it this far either.

What to do with all of the tomatoes? One can only eat so many cherry tomatoes. Since I am not sure what the larger tomato harvest will be like… and since I recently ran out of the dehydrated toms I did 2 yrs ago I decided it was time to take advantage of the extras and dry them. The 1/4 inch slices went into the food dehydrator for about 12-15 hrs. 5 trays ended up with about 3 cups of toms.