I’ve bragged to my fellow gardener friends that we can have
tomatoes as late as December. Granted,
they aren’t the kind you can eat just off the vine, but once the skin is removed
they are excellent for cooking because they are so sweet. Autumns can be wonderfully mild here due to
the Mediterranean climate, but they can also be somewhat unpredictable. So far this season, we’ve had high winds, torrential
down pours, and even some snow flurries; clearly, not tomato weather. Any tomato in contact with the ground froze,
but some found just enough shelter to make it through the storm and are continuing
to ripen. I don’t think those that
remain will make it until next month, so this year, it looks like our last few
tomatoes will be from the month of November, and not December. So, without further ado, my November
tomatoes:
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