Bye bye tomatoes

Meeting with the bank this morning so Ruby got to show Ben her changed about class room and for him to take her to school - the last day of a quick week.  Meeting with the bank went well and they have approved the money we need to complete the building work and get upstairs for Christmas, I just need to get all the paperwork together now and go back to complete the file and then the money will be sent into our account - we will feel rich for a couple of weeks! 

In the garden suddenly all our tomato plants have suddenly got blight -it has happened within 48 hours so today I needed to harvest any remaining tomatoes, pull out the plants and get rid of them.  In some ways I was quite relieved that our tomatoes are finished as I no longer need to find ways of preserving them for winter but then on the flip side we will no longer have tomatoes late into September to fill our fridge.  So for next year what is the plan?  Will have to wait and see a) whether we get round to moving the veg garden to allow for us to extend the back garden  and b) what the job status is and how much time I will have.

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[rae of sunshine]

The blight turns the stems brown and the fruit too – usually the foliage starts to wilt and the fruit is ruined – it is bought on by wet, warm conditions…. I have plenty in the freezer to keep us going and friends are giving us plenty so I am not too disappointed, but the kids were quite sad to find all the plants gone from the veg garden. I am sure your sauce will be welcome on those winter nights when you want a taste of summer – pudding can be your frozen fruit straight from the freezer!

[minutepapillon]

What sort of blight? turning whitish? Next year I want groseilles, kids love them!
got loads of tomatoes from various neighbours. Nico spent an entire evening making tomato sauce that we froze. smelled and tasted great!