As usual, I started planning where all the garden plants were going to be planted. This planning always starts in the cold weather when snow still blankets the ground and I am dreaming of the garden and all the delicious fruits and vegetables that I will have at my fingertips soon enough. Well, I completely…
Category: tomatoes
Getting Set
Well that time of year is upon us. The living room looks like a jungle, the yard looks chaotic and despite it all, the sun is shining (most of the time) and spring is upon us. We are hoping that this is the last year of chaos in the yard. To be fair, it gets…
Gettin’ Leggy Wit It
And we are back! A bit of an unintentional hiatus for the last month, but it unfortunately sometimes happens when one has too many hobbies and not nearly enough time in a day. Not much has changed in the last month with being out in the shop and enjoying my woodworking hobby. Thanks to a…
October Comparisons
How did our October stack up compared to our 2022 October growth? Good in some areas and lacking in others. No surprise there. There was definitely a difference in the weather from October 2022 to October 2023. The temperature was quite a bit warmer with a lot more days of sunshine. This October was quite…
Fall Yardwork
Well, here in Canada, the weather is starting to cool in the evenings and the plants are finishing off their season. A few will continue to produce in the weeks to come, leading up to our first frosts, but most need to be harvested and the beds cleaned and prepped for next spring. Over the…
September Comparisons
Another great start to fall harvesting. Numbers on some plants are dwindling as usual, while others are just starting to really start producing. The temperature averages have been on par with 2022, though we saw a lot more sunny days in 2022, which always helps with garden items becomming ready to harvest. We are still…
Roasted Tomato Sauce
Ingredients No amounts listed as you can adjust for your own flavours. I have noted beside the ratio for a bit of a reference. For the herbs, I used basil, tarragon, thyme, oregano & rosemary. For the spices, I added annatto, paprika, salt & pepper. Olive oil is just to drizzle over everything to ensure…
Rotting Blossom
It has once again been a banner year for our tomatoes…or at least so far it has been. We aren’t far off our 2022 numbers and we still have a few weeks of growing & then some harvesting of all our green tomatoes to ripen in the house. I think we will be at least…
August Comparisons
Well this year has been interesting learning what works in the new beds and where we are going to change things next year. This month has made some of those changes abundantly clear in regard to where we have crowded too much and other areas that are wasted space. We are jotting down notes and…
Apocalypse Now – Late Summer Musings
Well we are into late summer now. The plants are producing at their maximum capacities, with an abundance of fruit and vegetables being picked and processed. Another month and the plants will start to fade and cease providing the delicious offerings it has given us all summer. A few plants will continue to slowly grow…
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