Last weekend’s warm weather prompted an explosion of color in our front yard.
We’re still nursing our aching selves back to fighting form but we got a lot accomplished last weekend. All of the tomato and herb seedlings under the lights got repotted into larger containers. We planted all the stuff I bought last Friday. And The Principessa and The Principessa-Mum weeded, mulched and edged the front yard. With new edging no less! It looks spiffy!
With highs this weekend forecast in the 80’s we’re trying to not overload ourselves for next weekend.
Filed under: Garden
While I was taking my post-work nap, the stuff I ordered from Territorial Seeds showed up.
I’m really not ready to plant tomatoes.
Filed under: Garden
Stop off at the garden center to buy some fertilizer for the lawn….say to myself “I’ll just wander over and see if they have any parsley”. Proceed to realize that 1) Wow. There’s a lot more than parsley to plant in April . 2) Gee, those lettuce sprouts I planted from seed are a long way from a salad. 3) It’s cheaper to buy a flat of 8 cell packs than buy 5 individually.
Arrive home not only with aforementioned parsley and lettuce, but, chives, brussels sprouts, shallots and more.
Move flats around for a couple of days, keeping them watered while figuring out when the hell I’m going to find time to prep the veg beds.
Accept fact that it’s going to be a long weekend.
We’ll keep you posted.
It seems the voice crying in the wilderness (namely, me) for some bi-partisanship for tomatoes has been heard. Probably no thanks to yours truly, love apples will adorn the WH veg garden. They’ll have to enjoy their tomatoes since they won’t be eating any of those berries this year.
While this is not normally any sort of political forum, even the world of vegetable gardening is not immune to politics. Today, First Lady Michelle Obama will break ground on the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden. But as this blueprint indicates, there will be no tomatoes. The First Lady says “A real delicious heirloom tomato is one of the sweetest things that you’ll ever eat… and my children know the difference” So why not grow some, eh?
So much for re-election. Forget the AIG mis-calculation, Jerzeetomato.com will not be endorsing the 2012 Obama ticket until this wrong is righted. If then.
And there’s too much lettuce in the plan, too.
Seriously, though, we admire the commitment to local produce and healthier eating. We just feel that commitment should include tomatoes.
Filed under: Garden
We ignored Shakespeare’s warning and planted the first seeds of the season on Sunday. Beets, of course. And some lettuce. Crossing our fingers for the lettuce, but, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Filed under: Garden, Kitchen, Tomatoes | Tags: cooking, lamb, recipes, Tomatoes
It’s cold out there! But we warmed up with a winter feast made from the best stuff we had stashed away in the basement with two meals featuring entrees made from out stash of Awesome Farm products. First, Lisa made gnocchi which we had with a lamb ragu (which also featured a couple of jars of our own tomatoes). It went down quite well with a capital Barolo. For dessert, I made my (sorta) famous Chocolate Malted Creme Brulee. Famous, ‘cuz it was in Mom’s cookbook The Splendid Spoonful.
On Sunday we had had Hainanese chicken with our Awesome Farm chicken. This dish has been in heavy rotation for us every since Bittman wrote about it last summer. Although we like the more traditional version with a zippy lime-chili sauce.
All done. Yesterday I harvested the fall crop of beets….not very large ones. I tried to pull a couple last weekend but they were frozen solid in the ground. I think next year I need to start them earlier than late August. I think a little bit of the parsley may have made it through last week’s cold snap. So, hopefully there’ll be two things on the Thanksgiving table from the garden. We’ll see.
Wow, I haven’t posted almost the entire peak season…but here’s what’s been keeping me away:
Clockwise, from upper left: Costoluto Genovese, Sriped German, Rutgers, Cherokee Purple, Striped German.
JerzeeTomato 
