It seems like the tomato plants prefer the cooler autumn
days after a very hot summer during which they did not perform as well as in previous
years. I sprayed the plants with an
Epsom salt solution that seems to agree with them.
They look healthier and happier and are producing delicious
crops of multi-coloured tomatoes. The bright colours of the orange, yellow,
black and green tomatoes make for summer coloured dishes on the cooler days of
autumn.
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Tomato salad with Coppa |
The flavours of the tomatoes are varied and intense and I
only have to add salt, pepper and some fresh basil to really make a tomato come
to life. I can taste the individual colours of the tomatoes in the visually
pleasing starter that brightens up lunch, under the brown and bare oak tree.
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Tomato tart |
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Orange, green and yellow tomatoes flirting with cheese and basil |
I am reminded of the powerful flavours to be experienced in the home grown tomato. Simply the best.
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