The Garden at 485 Elm
People growing together:
a collaborative community garden in Montpelier, Vermont

Finishing tomatoes indoors

Sophi was feeding seaweed to the garden rows when she mentioned two sauces she’d made from this year’s paste tomatoes, a San Marzano variety. She said the first sauce was sweet and delicious. Whereas the second sauce was quite tart.

The difference, said Sophi, was the amount of time between harvesting and sauce-making. The first tomatoes waited a few days in Sophi’s home before becoming sauce. The second batch she cooked right away. The extra ripening time sweetened the first batch.

090315 Tomatoes on the vine4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

090515 Tomatoes ripening indoors3

Loosely covering the tomatoes helps them ripen faster.

090215 Corn plants7

Corn is both delicious and beautiful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gladiola brightens up Bed 8, which also contains food crops and culinary herbs. Garden coordinator Cindy Delfino emphasis productivity and beauty.

Gladiola brightens up Bed 8, which also contains food crops and culinary herbs. Garden coordinator Cindy Delfino emphasis productivity and beauty.