*waves* hi @dixiegirl1035
The first of this year’s tomatoes and my first ever homegrown beans. It’s a rubbish photo, but I am happy anyway
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*waves* hi @dixiegirl1035
The first of this year’s tomatoes and my first ever homegrown beans. It’s a rubbish photo, but I am happy anyway
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Oh what a great idea!
After the heat and unbearable humidity of last week, it’s bliss. I sat out in the garden at lunchtime, with a coffee and a homemade cookie, listening to the rain beating down on the parasol - and keeping a watchful eye on the cats, who were hopefully truffling around looking for frogs.
This sounds really good!
I shall let you know how it turns out.
You are extremely ambitious. Giant kudos to you. My garden has been producing tomatoes and peppers, which I pretty much use up as I pick them. Ironically, pumpkin plants are sprouting all over the yard due to seeds from last fall's decorations. And DH threw out some potatoes a few months ago and they are sprouting above ground plants as well.Today I picked about a gallon of green beans and my first full sized green bell pepper. I'm busy waterbath canning a lot of my garden produce these days. So far I've made dill pickles, dill pickle relish, salsa, and pickled jalapenos. Next I'm going to make some blueberry syrup with blueberries I put in the freezer earlier this year. Eventually I will have to do something with the tomatoes filling up my freezer... but the tomatoes are still rolling in from the garden and I want to do a big batch of sauce all at once. I also can't decide which tomato products to make first. I want to do a batch of spaghetti sauce, some pizza sauce, and maybe ketchup, if I have enough tomatoes. I might have to make more salsa too, since my jalapeno plants are still producing. We can never have too much salsa around here.
The secret ingredient to a really good gazpacho is to throw in a hard boiled egg when mixing all the ingredients. A good friend in Spain taught me that. Much better than adding day old bread which some recipes call for. I usually use 4 parts tomatoes to 1 part cucumber and green pepper each. Then I add garlic, extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar plus salt to taste. Simple but oh so good
It is my understanding that non-organic grocery store potatoes are treated with something that makes them less likely to sprout.Months ago, I planted out potatoes in three pots. They grew, then flowered, and I thought yesterday how I really must harvest them soon. So today, I did just that. Care to guess how many potatoes grew? Zero. Zip. Zilch. De nada. A big, fat diddly-squat. I was so disappointed. Talking to my Dad this afternoon, he said sometimes that can happen with the supermarket ‘taters I had planted. He suggested I try with seed potatoes. I am tempted to just throw in the towel, and instead focus on the things I am good at, like tomatoes. Grr.
The best potato we ever planted is Red La Soda. After the first time planting them we never planted any other kind. Large producers and excellent flavor and texture.Months ago, I planted out potatoes in three pots. They grew, then flowered, and I thought yesterday how I really must harvest them soon. So today, I did just that. Care to guess how many potatoes grew? Zero. Zip. Zilch. De nada. A big, fat diddly-squat. I was so disappointed. Talking to my Dad this afternoon, he said sometimes that can happen with the supermarket ‘taters I had planted. He suggested I try with seed potatoes. I am tempted to just throw in the towel, and instead focus on the things I am good at, like tomatoes. Grr.
That's more than likely what I'll find if I go searching for a potato among the green leaves. Not really sure I want to eat whatever is growing there anyway. The squirrels frequent this part of the yard just below a fence and lord knows what they leave behind.Months ago, I planted out potatoes in three pots. They grew, then flowered, and I thought yesterday how I really must harvest them soon. So today, I did just that. Care to guess how many potatoes grew? Zero. Zip. Zilch. De nada. A big, fat diddly-squat. I was so disappointed. Talking to my Dad this afternoon, he said sometimes that can happen with the supermarket ‘taters I had planted. He suggested I try with seed potatoes. I am tempted to just throw in the towel, and instead focus on the things I am good at, like tomatoes. Grr.
