. . . is beginning to produce. I haven’t said much about it recently, but since my hand has only now stopped burning, I thought I would today. More on the hand in a moment. This year for the first time the husband did six containers of sweet onions.
They didn’t get very large due to the nature of growing the bulbs in containers, but they turned out SO yummy! As did the peppers, which are getting to be a very decent size.
About my hand burning . . . Sunday night while the husband was at work (a post that will be coming soon) I baked half a Freschetta Brick Oven pizza. It was the 5 Italian cheese variety, so I used our cheapo kitchen mandolin to slice up some garden onions and garden peppers to add to it (along with feta cheese because what’s pizza without feta cheese).
I pulled the seeds and veins from the pepper by hand, loaded up the pizza, then washed up with soap immediately. Three times. Fourteen hours later, my skin was still feeling the sting of the pepper fire, oy! We’ve sliced up the peppers into salads, and I used them recently in King Ranch Chicken, but this was the first time my skin reacted this way.
As I mentioned when initially talking about our tomato plants, the husband picked up three different varieties at the county extension office sale back in February. (Yes February!) None of the plants were billed as being miniature, but as you can see, that’s exactly what this one plant is producing. And they are DELISH. I’m not a fan of cherry tomatoes because I find the skins way too bitter. These are the sweetest I’ve ever tasted, and we pluck them from the plant and pop them into our mouths like candy! I’m planning a wilted spinach salad with bacon, feta cheese and these puppies for dinner tonight!
One of the varieties the husband came home with is striped, while the third (no photo) is a standard red. The fourth plant (no photo) is an offshoot of one we had last year that I sliced up almost daily for sandwiches and summer salads.
Unfortunately, the stripes that have ripened have also been afflicted with brown spot, so we may not get anything edible off this plant. The husband enjoys experimenting with the varieties the county office offers, but at least we have the one plant that grew over the winter from last year’s seeds that is producing beautiful fruit.
I love fresh vegetables, well, except for the brown spotted ones. Everything else looks like it’s going to turn out wonderfully. Nothing tastes like fresh and clean food - it’s so much better than store bought.
by Stacy ~ May 27th, 2008 at 5:14 amWow, I cannot believe all the veggies you already have. There is nothing as good as the home grown things.
by Cryna May 27th, 2008 at 10:48 amFrom the way you are describing that first tomato plant, it sounds like it might be a Sweet 100 plant. My parents plant those and they do exactly what you said - eat them like candy. Fresh veggies are always yummy.
by Karin May 27th, 2008 at 11:32 amI miss having a garden. We always had one growing up and I still help my dad with his when I go in for a visit. Sounds like some of the oils from the peppers might have stayed on your skin.
by Liza May 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pmYour veggies look great. It will be a while before ours are ready to pick. I think your tomato (that is getting brown on the bottom) has blossom-end rot. It is caused by a lack of calcium in the soil.
by Crystal B. May 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pmI didn’t know brown spot was the same as blossom-end spot.
by Crystal B. May 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pmYeah, the husband has been trying to deal with the calcium issue, but right now with all we have going on, we’re doing good to get the things watered! So far, it’s just that one plant so hopefully we’ll still get a good crop from the others.
by Alison May 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmThe veggies look delicious!
by Estella May 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pmYour veggies look delicios. I wish mine were ready to pick but not until next month hopefully.
by Kimmy L May 27th, 2008 at 7:33 pmThey look scrumptious. Nothing like fresh veggies.
by Pat L. May 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pmOOooo that looks so nice! I can’t wait until the veggies in my garden are ready to be eaten!
by limecello May 27th, 2008 at 10:50 pmThe tiny orange tomatoes are
Sun Gold
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/vegetables/sungold_tomato.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Tomato-Seeds-Cherry-Sun-Gold/dp/B000EEVC0E
And they didn’t produce as well as the Sweet Million they do taste remarkably better. When they’re small like that, the skin makes up a decent percentage of what you eat, so that does become important.
I think the striped one is Green Zebra and when they just start turning a bit orange, they’re ripe. Yep. The insides are still green, but the fruit is ripe. Go fig. We’ll post pics and let ya’ll know when we decide to bite into a green tomato.
by Walt May 27th, 2008 at 11:34 pmlooks gret love tomatao
by kim h May 28th, 2008 at 12:36 amI love veggies from the garden. Unfortunely here in the North it will be awhile before I get any. We had frost this morning! :(
by Susan May 29th, 2008 at 11:42 amoh my. that looks yummy!
one day (maybe when sam is older) i want to have a garden. I think sam would enjoy helping me plant (and eat) all the veggies!
:)
by taylor k. May 29th, 2008 at 12:50 pm