It is impossible to look at all the tomatoes at our farmers market and not long to find the time to preserve them. Yet time seems to be the commodity in shortest supply these days. So what to do? If ...

Summer tomatoes are sweet and juicy, but like summer, they are gone fast unless preserved. There are many easy ways to preserve summer tomatoes at home so you can enjoy their flavor when summer ...

EACH MONDAY, from late July through September, I preserve tomatoes. In the thick of the season, I go through about 400 pounds a week. I boil them down into ketchup, and marinara sauce, and salsa, and ...

I love canning, but even I was intimidated by preserving tomatoes. So last week, I bought 50 pounds of plum tomatoes at the farmers market to try to tackle my fears. Mainly, I was daunted by the ...

I love canning, but even I was intimidated by preserving tomatoes. So earlier this month, I bought 50 pounds of plum tomatoes at the farmers’ market to try to tackle my fears. Mainly, I was daunted by ...

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In late May, I helped a friend transplant more than 100 tomato starts into her prodigious garden. For my labors I'd get a share of the bumper crop come late August. Hands gloved with soil, I looked ...

If you’re lucky, you’ll find yourself with more homegrown food at the end of the season than you can consume before it spoils. Rather than waste your hard-earned bounty, it’s time to think about ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When Tony Ruggieri retired from Wall Street in 2000, he discovered a new passion: Gardening. So he converted his 2000-square foot backyard in Dongan Hills into what he refers to ...

With summer's abundance falling ripely from the vines in the form of tomatoes, many a gardener's thoughts turn to sauce. But at least one local family doesn't have a taste for the stuff, preferring ...

There are two steps to canning. First you must sterilize the jars, then you have to process them when filled. 1. To sterilize, wash jars, lids and screw bands in warm, soapy water. Rinse. Set aside.