Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Home Grown Gold Heirloom Tomatoes

Just look at the "fruits" (actually vegetables) of my sweet husband's labor. This particular variety--no, I have no idea what that could possibly be--is a bright gold with red striping.    

While pretty to look at, they are even better when sliced and lightly salted! The inside is gold and red marbled. 

Growing heirloom tomatoes requires patience. We are learning they are slow growers and produce very few tomatoes per plant, so plant more than you think you can possibly use. If you can eat then all or can them, friends will be more than happy to take them off your hands, I promise. 










Monday, June 18, 2012

First Harvest of 2012


This year we put in three raised beds, plus several really large containers for our veggies to grow. We had been getting one or two of the tomatoes, small peppers and such. Today was the first we needed a container to bring inside.


This sampling does not reflect my kitchen herb garden which I will share with you later.