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An Abundance of Tomatoes & Peppers

Jul 21, 2011 by     2 Comments    Posted under: blessings, Blogroll, food, Gardening, Spain


 It’s a good thing we love tomatoes, because this year we have a lot of them. The peppers also have gone wild and we have several varieties. Here are a few uses for the veggies:

    • gazpacho
    • we like to grill our peppers. In Spain they are served traditionally along side a Spanish tortilla.
    • stir fry~ a scrambled egg, a bit of chicken, all the veggies we have in the house: yesterday we had cabbage, peppers, tomatoes,  zucchini, onions, green beans,  garlic and rice. It helps to have some rice vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce and or oyster sauce.
    • broiled peppers are nice along side a fried egg & toast for a supper in Spain.

 

Lots of green beans from the garden!

Jun 29, 2011 by     1 Comment     Posted under: food, Gardening, saving money

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More garden photos

Jun 22, 2011 by     3 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Bobbie's Store, food, Gardening

 

My little garden has started to produce! I have gotten 5 tomatoes already and we usually don’t harvest those until August. It’s nice to not have to buy veggies. We don’t have a huge variety but  we certainly are enjoying our:

Swiss Chard

Tomatoes

Peppers

Green Beans

 

Weighing in on Tomatoes

Jul 21, 2010 by     2 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Gardening, Grocery Challenge, saving money

This year, I’ve decided that I will weigh all of the tomatoes that are growing in my little garden. So far, early in the tomato picking season, I have picked:

598 grams or 1lb. 3oz. It’s a start!

July 26th, 2010: New TOTAL

2 kilos 898 grams or 6 lbs 3 oz. Making gazpacho today!

July 31st, 2010: New TOTAL (so far)

5 kilos 598 grams or  12lbs. 3 oz.

August 3rd, 2010: New TOTAL (so far)

9 kilos 253 grams or 20lbs. 3oz

August 7th 2010: New Total

16kilos 624 grams or 36lbs 12.5 oz


I’ve planted 4 varieties this year:

Roma

Muchamiel

3 cantos

cherry

Lots of Tomatoes!

Jun 28, 2010 by     4 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Canning/Preserving, Gardening, Grocery Challenge, photos

Man! I have tons of tomatoes on my 24 tomato plants! It looks like this year will be fantastic for canning tomatoes and for making  gazpacho.

here is the status on the other plants:

zucchini- we have eaten about 6 of them so far.

onions- wonderful! and I keep replanting them as I use them.

cucumber- one so far that will end up in my salad tonight.

peppers- lots of them forming and thankfully a good many jalapenos.

lettuce- I have mostly eaten it all and I should have re-planted more  often. I planted some about 2 weeks ago and I try to plant new seeds every couple of days.

Gardening

Jun 4, 2010 by     7 Comments    Posted under: blessings, Gardening, Grocery Challenge, photos, saving money

I’m very encouraged by my little efforts with my garden. Again, I only have a small patch of land in the back yard, but I’m determined Read more »