An Abundance of Tomatoes & Peppers

 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~ [...]



Lots of green beans from the garden!



More garden photos

  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   Amazon.com Widgets



Weighing in on Tomatoes

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! [...]



Lots of Tomatoes!

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. [...]



Gardening

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