Tomatoes 

Tomatoes are cold-sensitive. Sow in greenhouse end of August in individual seedling pots, then plant out after 8 to 9 weeks and after temperature is not expected to be under 10°C . Plant 80cm apart. Harvest February to May, longer periods when grown in greenhouse.

Do not let the plants dry out, mulch right up to the stem.

We grew some determinate (bush-type) tomatoes as well, but did not like them as much as the indeterminate tomatoes (the ones you have to stake). We will still try out one plant of bush-tomatoes each year, we might find one we like. They ripen earlier than the indeterminate varieties. 

Green tomatoes will ripen in the house after many weeks.

Preserving:
We freeze tomatoes by packing the smaller tomatoes directly into bags, the larger, meatier ones we core and cut off any blemishes, sometimes quarter them, then we put them on a tray and freeze them for half a day or so. After that we pack them into freezer bags. Frozen tomatoes can only be used in stews or as tomato sauce or tomato paste, as they are mushy when you defrost them. Most of the time we freeze them directly after we harvested them and make them into sauce or paste much later, as we usually are very busy in the garden at the time the tomatoes are ripe and freezing is a lot quicker. 

Dried tomatoes taste good and take up very little space. Dry at 50°C for 12 hours.