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I made a lot of sauce last time and froze some. I froze my meatballs separately because I wanted to use part of them in a sundried tomato pizza with mushroom and mozzarella recipe.

Anyway, the answer to your question is yes, this can be frozen.

Reply to DH about sun:
The “tomato” place is full sun pretty much all day. Is that good or bad? Never get mold, but don’t get tomatoes, either.
I think perhaps your mother is right … too much of a good thing. The plants were just spectacular and were obviously very happy. Will try again with a less potent mix. Thanks!

By the way, discovered something not terribly scientific, but interesting about composting around here.

When feeding the horses alfalfa, it took awhile, of course, before the compost looked beautiful.

When feeding them “orchard grass” the manure didn’t break down at all. We could have started a “golf ball” company.

However, now the horses are on Timothy and within a few weeks, their manure is soft and rich. The trees and flowers are thriving.

I’m sure DH knows all this, but it was new to this “farm” girl.

Just for the record, I don’t know what Timothy hay costs around the country, but in So.Cal we pay $25 for a 90# bale. Pampers babies we have!

I have become a believer in the power of horse manure, too. The difference between this year and those previous, I never would have imagined.

Simply Marvelous,

DH wants to know your sun situation.

I have another expert I want to ask, my mother. It seems I remember her talking about not using regular miracle gro on tomatoes because it results in a lot of plant and hardly any tomatoes because regular miracle gro is too rich or something. You are supposed to use tomato miracle gro.

Our horse manure was spread out and rained on and dried in the sun for a period of time before it was scooped up and added to the leaves and dried clippings.

I have not studied composting and horse manure as DH has. But, I was wondering if my mother’s miracle gro theory of too much of the wrong kind of nutrient resulting in lots of plant instead of produce might also apply to your tomato situation. My mother is the long time gardener, so I will consult with her and see if she thinks there could be a parallel.

Question for DH:
Planted our tomatos in wonderful horse manure. The plants nearly grew over the roof of the barn, However, we got maybe three small tomatoes from those luxurious plants. Can I blame the horses?