Oven Baked Polenta with Heirloom Tomato Sauce
Several months ago, I was invited to participate in The Grain Mill Wagon Challenge sponsored by The WonderMill Company. As a participant, I was sent a WonderMill electric grain mill to utilize while...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Bruschetta with Basil
In the early days of writing this blog, I shared a recipe for traditional tomato bruschetta. It’s a family favorite during heirloom tomato season here at 1840 Farm. On days that we come back to the...
View ArticleSlow Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce
During the height of heirloom tomato season, we harvest several pounds of cherry tomatoes every day. It’s intentional: we plant two dozen cherry tomato plants every summer in our garden. We have...
View ArticleOven Roasted Heirloom Tomato Spaghetti
This recipe hails from RIalto restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I happened upon it by way of The Tomato Festival Cookbook. For an heirloom tomato lover like me, this cookbook is filled with...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Profile: Blondkopfchen Cherry
The Blondkopfchen Heirloom Cherry Tomato originated in Germany. In German, the word “blondkopfchen” translates to “little blonde girl”. My daughter was a little blond girl when we first began growing...
View ArticleBlack Cherry Heirloom Tomato
We love cherry tomatoes here at 1840 Farm. It just wouldn’t be summer, or tomato season as we like to call it, without enjoying the experience of strolling through the raised bed garden and plucking a...
View ArticleCostoluto Genovese Heirloom Tomato
If you’re looking for a tomato to thrive in the summer heat, look no further. The Costoluto Genovese variety hails from the Mediterranean. For centuries, gardeners living along the Mediterranean...
View ArticleGreen Zebra Heirloom Tomato
Of all the tomatoes we grow here at 1840 Farm, the Green Zebra is perhaps the most striking. When fully ripe, each tomato is a fabulous bright green color with beautiful bright stripes. In a garden...
View ArticleIsis Candy Cherry Heirloom Tomato
2006 was the first summer we lived at 1840 Farm. That year, we planted a small garden with a handful of heirloom tomato varieties. We were new to heirloom gardening and selected the varieties for...
View ArticleMortgage Lifter Heirloom Tomato
This tomato comes with a story the likes of which legends are made. It all starts with a man named M.C. Byles who friends affectionately called Charlie in West Virginia. He ran his own radiator...
View ArticlePurple Calabash Heirloom Tomato
Purple Calabash Heirloom Tomatoes have been in the 1840 Farm vegetable gardens since our first summer living here in 2006. Every year, we look forward to that first slice of Purple Calabash still warm...
View ArticleFreezing Cherry Tomatoes for Long Term Storage
I love heirloom tomato season. When our garden is producing ripe tomatoes, we enjoy them at almost every meal. We also put them up for the long New England winter that lies ahead. We have found that...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Pie
If I ranked my favorite foods, heirloom tomatoes and homemade pie would both be at the top of my list. In fact, they might occupy the first and second spot. Please don’t ask me to choose one of them...
View ArticleGarden Fresh Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo
When heirloom tomatoes are ripening by the basket full in our garden, I experiment with all sorts of ways to feature them on our farmhouse table. I really love preparations that require little to no...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Panzanella
Panzanella sounds like such a fancy dish. Ironically, it’s a rustic preparation that perfectly showcases the simple flavors of toasted bread, olive oil, vinegar, and ripe seasonal produce in what...
View ArticleHow I Preserve Our Basil Harvest
As a tomato lover, I plant an abundance of basil in our garden each year to pair with our fresh tomatoes. I can never seem to get enough of that flavor combination. The earthy, juicy tomatoes with...
View ArticleRustic Heirloom Tomato Tart
I originally posted this sort of recipe back in the very early days of writing this blog. It seems fitting that this would be one of the longest lived recipes on the blog as it has been a family...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Profile: German Johnson
The German Johnson Heirloom Tomato is a potato leaf variety of tomato plant with an indeterminate growing habit. It produces large, round, Beefsteak shaped fruit with bright red skin. The ripe fruit...
View ArticleCiao, Summer
It's official. It's fall. I know, I know. I'm supposed to embrace this change. I should get out my favorite sweater, go apple picking, and buy a pumpkin. I don't want to. Instead, I want to invite...
View ArticleTomatopalooza
This just in. I harvested 17 pounds of organic, fresh produce from the 1840 Farm gardens yesterday. I feel proud. I feel victorious. I feel exhausted. This is the time of year that the hours of...
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