AMKuska's 2023 Garden

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Just Tried the "Indigo Mountain Girl" tomato. I'm pretty sure this is what I'll plant from now on. What amazing flavor! It's juicy! It's flavorful! It cuts nicely!

I would show you a picture, but I already ate it. :drool
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I am so shy to "eat on the go" from my garden every year.
Usually I squish a tomato carrying it around and then I Have to eat it. It's the law...
 

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What a harvest!! Under those carrots is a massive pile of potatoes. I'm going to prepare something for dinner with all this but not sure what yet
 

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I'm making a tomato sauce with 3 pounds of fresh tomatoes gathered from my garden. What a difference from last year!! The flesh of the tomatoes were thick, the skin peeled easily after a brief scalding, and though they smelled raw, they had a tomato smell going into the sauce.

I sampled a bit or two of tomato here and there as I peeled them (to make sure none were flavorless.) They all had great tomato flavor.

It's bubbling away now and I had a taste of the raw sauce. You can tell its not cooked, but still has an amazing flavor! My daughter was hovering under the blender when I blended some to make it more saucy and asked if she could drink it.

She's willing to wait for spaghetti tomorrow.
 

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These tasted amazing! I've heard that corn starts to loose its sweetness the moment its picked, so the best kind is the corn picked and cooked immediately. I think that is right, because this corn tasted really good. Hopefully the rest turns out well, as the rest of the corn looks kinda small and whimpy so far.
 
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