Harvest or Halloween. Not really a tough choice for me. You probably think that with a toddler at home, we were all about the cute Halloween costumes. But they don’t celebrate Halloween here in Germany (well most people don’t) and I besides the fact that I don’t have an excuse to dress up Mack in a silly costume, I don’t really miss the “holiday” all that much.
At any rate, that leaves us with the harvest…and since fall is very much here and we’ve had several light frosts, nothing but winter crops are left to look at. Ok, I do still have some pepper plants to pull out of the beds. But otherwise, things are mostly bare around here. Which stumped me a bit for this challenge.
But then I remembered a big bowl of somethings I’m ripening on the kitchen counter. Can you tell what they are?
How about now?
I’m sure you will know what they are now…
Just a couple of beautifully funky Ox Heart tomatoes that are ripening in our kitchen. Did you know that if you add an apple into a bowl of tomatoes or on your counter that they will ripen slowly?
My in-laws threw that little tidbit at us. And it’s working wonderfully — the 4 or 5 pounds of green tomatoes we harvested almost 2 weeks ago are totally ripening up nice and slow. Naturally, the yellows are first. But I’m glad the reds are finally starting to join the party!
Speaking of parties, get on over to I Should Be Folding Laundry and see what other great things have been captured for Halloween and Harvest. And find out how you can join in the fun yourself.
Beautiful tomatoes. I loved the perspectives on the folds and “wrinkles”. It is those imperfections that make growing heirloom tomatoes such a joy for me. 🙂
They look wonderful. After the enormous, juicy, sweet-tasting tomatoes we ate in Crete I am so sad to be back to crappy EU-approved flavourless identikit tomatoes 🙁
EU tomatoes from Holland are just the pits. No flavor at all. But that’s unfortunately what happens when we demand cheap tomatoes year round. We can actually get some grown in Germany at our local market, but they still don’t taste as good as homegrown. Nothing like letting them ripen on the vine versus in a box in transit.
They kinda look like mini pumpkins and oh so tasty! Good tip on the apple…
We made up our own Halloween here in Romania. What I wouldn’t give to see a pumpkin! =>
Wow, those are amazing tomatoes!
such wonderful photography!
The tomatoes look lovely. I’ve never heard of that type before. Thanks for sharing that tidbit about an apple as well. I have learned something today.