How about a "Tomato Quiz" for a bit of fun? This year in the garden, we grew three different paste varieties. In alphabetical order, those varieties are: Amish Paste (volunteer plants) Blue Beech (direct sow seeds) Firminio's Plum (purposely planted) In this photo below, can you correctly name the variety of each tomato from left to right? Put your answers in a comment! (No ... continue reading...
Favorite Kitchen Gadget?
Most kitchen gadgets are not worth the hype. We've certainly made our share of purchases over the years, experimenting with different kitchen tools and appliances. Some were worth it (Chinois Cone, for example), some were not. But there is one inexpensive kitchen gadget that we bought, loved it because it was so useful, broke, missed, longed for... and purchased again. The Egg ... continue reading...
September is a Very Busy Time!
As summer comes to its close, we know we are going to be very busy for the next six to eight weeks. Like many of you, Mr. Gordon and I work full-time jobs having nothing to do with our home(work). So, we need to scramble and roll up our sleeves to get the gardening / food preservation work done often in the evenings and on the weekends. And like many of you, sometimes we're just so dang tired. ... continue reading...
Reddening Tomatoes, Canning Pickle Chunks, Fermenting
Things are getting busy! This past weekend we hosted a family-neighborhood picnic (with a couple of overnight guests) so we were super busy - but NOT in the garden. Putting up food was put on hold. Getting in the garden had to wait. But the garden waits for no one, as you shall see! :-) An Abundance of Cucumbers on My Counter Right Now And a zucchini from my Dad's garden. :-D Every ... continue reading...
Wow – Celery!
I am amazed at how well our celery has done. Amazed and very happy. We've never grown it before, so we have been excited at our first success. Now, I'm not a big fan of celery, per se, but in soups and used for aromatics and mirepoix, it's what we use. We grew the Tall Utah variety (seems to be pretty popular) and I started it indoors and also did direct sow. The indoor seedlings looked so ... continue reading...