It’s Good Friday, but to me, it is just Friday. And it isn’t Good. More bad.
I am sitting here, realising that the last week has been and gone and I have done……zilch. As far as writing is concerned any way.
This week I have: Been accused of being ‘narky’, met a new person, discussed APD with numerous people (anyone who would listen!), noticed my Potatoes aren’t growing, noticed that my Tomato Plants are!
I have 19 Tomato plants. Tomorrow, I will have to transfer them to the pots I bought today. What am I going to do with 19 Tomato plants? My son said ‘that will be a lot of ketchup!’. He is right!
And who knows, in the next 7 days, I may write something worthy. I do miss it. And I think the lack of writing is what has made me ‘narky’. Him indoors said that when we go on holiday that I must take my writing with me. Too right!
Here is to a more fruitful 7 days.
Sam Perkins 
Hi Sam. I know what you mean. I’ve had a week of doing very little writing, too, and it always leaves me in a bad mood. Let’s hope next week is better for us both.
Those tomato plants though – when July comes you will have all those delicious fresh home-grown tomatoes to feast on, lovely and sweet – there’s nothing nicer. Summat to look forward to! And any you have left you can boil down, freeze and use for Italian-type sauces over the winter months. Can’t be bad?
Happy Easter!
Ros
Him indoors suggested something just like that! He said we can use them in our home made spag bol! I know what everyone will be getting for Christmas!
A lot of ketchup? It’ll barely make a teaspoon. There’s a lot of toms in ketchup you know!
It will make a hell of a lot more than a teaspoon. I make my own ketchup all the time. I only use 0.5-1kg of tomatoes to make about 1 litre of ketchup. Granted, it still isn’t a lot, but with 19 plants…I’ll be kept busy making stuff!
Wow! When I tried it all seemed to disappear into a dot in the pan! My children, neither of them, like tomatoes, which is a HUGE disappointment to me. But will eat ketchup, and anything tomatoe-y.
Perhaps we use different recipes. I know mine uses water, and onions as well as the tomatoes….And I got quite a bit from it.
I’d better get your recipe!
And then there’s tomato chutney, tomato chilli sauce, tomato soup – just consider yourself lucky you’re not married to my OH, who gets gout if he has more than a small taste of tomato!
Take heart, Sam. We all have bad writing weeks. Just forget it and move on.