Harvest of Cantaloupe, Bell Peppers and Tomatoes

[packerbacker]

Went on a short road trip South of me and my buddy and I picked up some free veggies except we had to pick them ourselves. If we had been an hour or so earlier we could have driven under the tomato harvester and it would have taken less than a minute to fill the truck but the crew had left already. I need the exercise anyway I guess. We gave most of it away to neighbors, family and the food kitchen. Made a ton of salsa and freezing a ton of bell peppers. Got ice cream for the cantaloupe!!!! We still have jars of tomatoes that we canned from last year so we didn't need more. We were a little late for the pear harvest this year but that's okay, still have some of those left as well. I absolutely LOVE harvest time!!!

 

[vpnavy]

 

[stefen]

The pears this year were out of this world...and blackberries still putting out...

 

[packerbacker]

Yeah stefen, we made a big batch of blackberry jam. Between the peach, blackberry and apricot jams that we made we won't have to buy any jam for a very long time. Actually, by the time we need more jam we'll have something ripe again and we'll make more of our own!

 

[Red James Cash]

Take it when you can get it.

 

[tamrock]

Looks like a haul for the "Canning King"

 

[Bullet:Mich.]

What kind of tomatoes are they? They look good.

 

[packerbacker]

I'm not sure what kind of tomatoes they are. Usually we harvest a roma-type, commercial tomato. They are shaped like romas but have a thicker skin so they can be hauled in large quantities without crushing the ones in the bottom of the truck. We only picked one bucket of those. The other tomatoes, the round ones, are more like you would have in your home garden but I don't know what kind they are.

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

nice haul....but no silver? lol

 

[Bullet:Mich.]

Thanks.

 

[Mell0w Sl0w]

two words,man.....tomato soup!!!! its kinda time cosuming to make it right but I freezes well, andwith the semi limited possibilities for things to do with an excess of tomatoes, spaghetti sauce and soup tops the list for me. PM me if u get serious and want recipes. do anything except let them go bad!

 

[packerbacker]

I won't have more tomatoes in large quantity until next season but I have thought about canning some spaghetti sauce. I already have a large stash of Campbell's tomato soup. I know, it's not like homemade but I buy in bulk and it's on sale once in a while. If you have a good recipe for canning sauce you can send it to me or post it on this site in the "recipe" section. Thanks