The tomatillo lanterns look like hot air balloons floating in the sky. I just love the way it looks. I like to sit by them and just stare at them. There are small fruits inside each lantern, and I’m looking forward to them growing. I have no idea how long that will take…
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off
So I’ve been trying to come up with a solution for my tomatillos. Those poor plants are thirsty all the time- no wonder, since they’re so massive! It finally occurred to me to try watering them from the bottom up. So I put each pot in a larger, shallower tote, and put water in the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 21st, 2008 | Comments Off
Two okra pods, which I have blanched, slize and frozen. I figure my plants are soo tiny, it will be a few pods at a time. That’s okay, maybe by the end of summer I’ll have a quart of sliced okra in the freezer. The purple knob is a kohlrabi with the leaves removed. I [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If these aren’t some of the prettier flowers in my garden this year! These are my Ping Tung eggplant. An Asian variety that’s small and purple- and claims that it stays sweet, with no bitterness. My other eggplants, the Applegreen variety, small, green-apple size, has no signs of flowers, but the Ping Tungs are doing [...]
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This is a ripening tomato. For the past few weeks I thought it looked like it was starting to change color- sure enough, when I went out after a storm today, I found it very vibrant- and definitely not green. It will turn red eventually. At first thought, I was a bit alarmed. We are [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have some flowers as well. Today I took a close look at my lavender plant and was thrilled with all the pretty purple flowers. If it keeps it up, I may actually be picking some for drying. In the meantime though, I plucked a few sprigs and a daisy to keep me company in [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 12th, 2008 | Comments Off
First, the tomatillos. I have enjoyed tomatillos ever since the first time I made a green salsa. The tomatillos were roasted with some onions and jalapenos, and then blended with cilantro, garlic, and lime juice for some of the best salsa I’ve ever had. I read on a blog last year that tomatillos were exceptionally [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 10th, 2008 | Comments Off
Yesterday I spent the day in the garden. I couldn’t have asked for a better day, as it was hot and sticky and because of that, it was quiet. No one was out doing yard work, and even all the kids were inside in the cooler air conditioned homes. So I spent the day plucking [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »