It's Totally Tomato Time!
How's Your Winter Stash Looking?
Slow and sultry, late August is when we get serious about storing away little food gifts for our future selves. Topping our list? Tomatoes! Some simmered into sauce, some crushed and canned, some stowed away in the freezer, and always an array on hand to enjoy fresh while we tinker away with local tomatoes.
The tomato we can't stop thinking about right now? Dry Farm Early Girls from Secano Dry Farm in Albany, OR. Dry farming is a growing practice that relies on proper soil preparation, mulching, and variety selection to successfully grow crops with one irrigation (or none at all). The result is ultra-tasty, flavor-packed tomatoes with rich, succulent flesh. Fantastic eaten fresh, they're great for sauce or diced for salsa. You won't want to miss these!
A shopper recently marveled over a plump, ripe San Marzano tomato, admitting they had only ever used them from a can. While we too enjoy the convenience of canned tomatoes, we love them even more when they're grown locally by Eloisa Organic Farm. Whether you can them at home, pop them in the freezer, or make a quick red sauce for supper, San Marzano always satisfies.
Hefty Heirloom tomatoes are still going strong, along with sumptuous Sungold and magnificent Mixed Cherry tomatoes. So if you're most interested in eating tomatoes fresh, there's plenty of delicious options available.
Beloved and highly anticipated Astianas just began to trickle in this week. Those looking to purchase full flats, keep an eye on your inbox. We'll send a special email announcing when it's time to place an order!
Make room in the freezer, dust off the canner, and gobble up every last morsel of this season's terrific tomatoes!
Secano Dry Farm
Researcher, professor, and farmer, Matt Davis wears a lot of hats. When he's not running trials at the OSU Dry Farm Institute or collaborating with the Culinary Breeding Network, you'll find Matt out in Albany tending to his crop of Dry Farm Early Girl Tomatoes. Farming on land owned by recently retired grower Paul Harcombe, we're overjoyed to bring in Matt's terrific tomatoes for a second season. With a goal to offer dry farm melons, too, be sure to keep an eye out for more crops from Secano Dry Farm in future seasons.