What do you do with an over-abundance of tomatoes, squash, potatoes and basil? Grab a pan (a lasagna pan works nicely) and sprinkle a bit of olive oil in the bottom. Then, slice everything up, add some tofu for your protein punch, layer it up, sprinkle some more olive oil on top, and add salt and pepper to taste. Pop…
I read once that horn worms don’t actually eat your tomatoes, they only eat the leaves. I think who ever wrote that was confused…
Happy Monday everyone!!! This week was a jumble of harvesting and non-harvesting due to guests being in town and then a cold that caught me. Some highlights are: the first blue corn that was…er…not blue, lots of tomatoes, the very first lemon cucumber ever, lots of beans (these are all being blanched and frozen for winter use…anyone have a favorite…
Sunflower & blue corn Winter squash, morning glories and a rouge sunflower Blue corn…so close to harvest ready! Lemon cucumbers!!! Jalapeno A single tomatillo flower What’s growing in your garden this week?
Remember this tomato? As it grew on the vine, it (and it’s sister) did this weird thing with it’s skin. They both had this funny patch of almost translucent skin! Well, I just let them grow to see what would happen and when they were ready, I brought them inside… Cut them open… And discovered that they are perfectly fine!…
Have you ever wondered how you can tell which of your flowers might become an actual squash? I sure have. Because, while the flowers sure are pretty, I’d much rather have a meal than a few flowers. This is a male pumpkin flower… This is a female pumpkin flower. How do I know? Because she is pregnant 🙂 When her…
