Posted in cucumbers, tomatoes on July 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today we had our first ripe tomato Woo!
It was soooo tasty. Isn’t it amazing how much better home-grown tomatoes taste than store-bought? We had it in a salad with these cucumbers, which we cut yesterday…
Yes, that one cucumber is just strange. And today I cut three more [...]
Posted in Thankful Thursdays, cucumbers, tomatoes on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am thankful for newly-arrived, long-awaited, and necessary details. I still don’t have them all, but at least I’ve got some. And this should probably be a learning opportunity to trust in the LORD, because He will provide for us– in His perfect timing… And I am thankful for His provision, whenever [...]
Posted in tomatoes on July 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The tomatoes are starting to turn red!!
Last night when I got home late, I turned on the balcony light and peeked out– to my delight, one of the tomatoes caught my eye with its orange-y cast. My tomatoes are going to ripen after all!
This morning, I went out to catch this momentous occasion on [...]
Posted in aphids, cucumbers, fertilizing, peppers, sun, tomatoes on July 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The garden is getting along smashingly… and on Independence Day, I picked our first produce– the double cucumber highlighted in this entry. I rarely buy cucumbers in the grocery store because they just seem outrageously priced, even though I absolutely love them. So eating this cucumber was such a treat!
I probably could have [...]
Posted in herbs on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I will be posting later (tonight? tomorrow?) about some garden updates, including our first produce… but I don’t have much time now, so I’ll just post a “recipe”* for herbalicious potatoes that we made (for the second time) last night…
~ 2-3 potatoes, peeled and diced (red potatoes–unpeeled!–would be marvelous)
~ 1/4 c. total fresh herbs or [...]
