I did it. Today I ordered my heirloom seeds. I’m late but it’ll be okay. Last year I ordered so many varieties. This year I’ve narrowed it down to my favorites. Here’s my selection. From the Black/Purple group is my favorite of all time – Black Krim. Sweet and tasty and ohhh so wonderful. The…
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This bowl seems to never diminish on my kitchen counter. It’s late November, Thanksgiving is next week, and these doggone heirlooms are still producing like troopers. We’ve cleaned up most of the leaves from the backyard, but we haven’t pulled these plants out yet, sickly as they might look. I’m particularly happy about the picture…
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Remember my newly harvested Black Krim heirlooms? This is the best recipe for eating them. Ready? Are you sure? Okay, here we go… Step #1 – slice them up. Step #2 -salt and pepper them. Step #3 – if needed, drizzle a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Okay, okay, a little fresh basil shredded…
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My first harvest of my heirlooms. Pictured above you will see Black Krim (the largest pinky/green ones). These have been really prone to infections, either by bug or by disease. Note the hole on the bottom side of the top left one. The small red ones in the colander are Besser Cherry Tomatoes. We have…
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This is that time. That time when you know all your mothering, your care, your watering and weeding is going to pay off. This is the time when you begin scouring for recipes with tomato in them. Did I mention previously that all the markers I put on these tomatoes blew away in the Oklahoma…
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By katie And this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what it’s all about. Gardening. If you’ve gardened before, you need no explanation. You plant seeds. You jump for joy when the little things sprout. Well okay, Kayla didn’t jump for joy, she could care less. But the picture seemed appropriate. You transplant from the starter containers…
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Here is an heirloom update and a few garden shots. The heirlooms are doing great in the flowerbeds I just randomly “stuck” them in, like the above shot. However, the bed we made is not faring so well. They seem, like Peter Pan, to want to never grow up. Here is a recap of the…
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WOW! I went upstairs to see if my soil needed to be watered and this is what I found! AMAZING! And only a mere 6 days after I’d planted them! They were literally poking against the plastic lid I’d placed over them. I yelled and Mr. Wonderful came running. I think he thought the house…
