In article >,
says...
>
> On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 17:23:11 -0400, wrote:
>
> >Janet B. wrote:
> >>penmart wrote:
> >>
> >>>Tomatoes are finally ripening:
> >>>https://postimg.org/image/ulz2m4e3p/
> >>>https://postimg.org/image/h8vxji99h/
> >>>Hundreds more to ripen. . .
> >>
> >>I didn't know you grew an orange variety of tomatoes.
> >>This year I've grown a green striped tomato, a purple tomato, pink
> >>tomato and my usual red. Let me know if you like the flavor of the
> >>orange tomato.
> >
> >Those are not tomatoes, those are actual oranges (citrus), I added
> >them for RFC stimulation... I only wish I could grow citrus here.
> >
> >>I've been peeling, chopping and bagging my tomatoes for the freezer
> >>for a couple of weeks now. Not because that is something that I
> >>normally do or want to do but because there are so many. I currently
> >>have a bushel sitting on my counter. I just don't have the energy to
> >>deal with them today.
> >
> >I don't cook my home growns anymore, waste of time, energy, and
> >especially a waste of good tomatoes. I've learned to buy canned for
> >cooking. I give my surplus homegrowns away to be eaten fresh.
>
> I do know which are tomatoes and which are citrus. Your tomatoes
> appear orange in my picture.
> As I said, it isn't a question of wanting to put my tomatoes up for
> cooking. I just see no reason why I should spend money raising and
> watering plants, physical energy tending them and then give them away.

Any surplus here is given away to friends or neighbours who don't
produce their own; rhubarb, fresh herbs or flowers, new potatoes and
runner beans, baking aqnd marmalade. We'll be given their cucumbers,
honey, cooking apples etc.
I don't gropw plums. There's such a glut of plums this year I've been
given far more than we can eat fresh but I never refuse them. I've made
plum chutney and plum jam, some of which I'll give away. It's a mutual
sharing with people who grow or make stuff, and a treat for those who
don't.

Janet UK