Up here in The Bottom, we are enjoying the first tomatoes from our backyard garden this week. And can you believe it, they actually taste like real tomatoes! The jalapenos have come along nicely too, so I’m going to make a small batch of salsa today and some pesto sauce with the bunches and bunches of basil. What a joy it is to grow something!
Posted by Zetta Elliott on July 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM
lovely photo! my grandfather used to grow tomatoes in the front AND backyard…and what’s my least favorite fruit: tomatoes! but that salsa sounds good…
Posted by Claudia on July 14, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Thanks Zetta! The salsa wasn’t bad! But it wasn’t nearly hot enough. I am going to try another batch with more jalapenos.
Posted by missincognegro on July 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Beautiful photo. I enjoy garden fresh tomatoes, especially during the summer. Good job!
BTW: There are several programs currently showing the Sundance Channel which discuss sustainability. You may be interested. :)
The Farmers’ Market in my community is getting ready to open. I am very excited about this. :)
Posted by Claudia on July 14, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Thanks for visiting, missincognegro! (She has a great site, y’all – please do check it out.) I love our Farmer’s Market here in SC – and everything is so cheap, it’s ridiculous.
Posted by Wilhelmina Jenkins on July 10, 2009 at 11:45 PM
My grandson and I have been enjoying our container garden. We had strawberries all spring and now we’re munching on red and yellow cherry tomatoes, slightly larger Juliette tomatoes, and we’ve gotten one beautiful Better Boy tomato. Lots more are on the way. Our beans have finally started to grow, and we have parsley, at my grandson’s request. The wild card this year is our one potato plant – we’ve never grown potatoes before. Oh, and we had 3 mystery seedlings that he brought home from school – one turned into a sunflower, but the jury’s still out on the other two. My bet is on cucumbers and squash. As George Washington Carver said, “In dirt is life!”
Posted by Claudia on July 14, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Hey, I’ve never heard that Carver quote before, Mina. I’m going to have to make a little sign and put it in my garden. And I can’t believe you’re growing beans. Do you mean string/pole beans? Or like beans and rice, beans?
Posted by Wilhelmina Jenkins on July 16, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Just pole beans, but we grew them in a container last year and they were wonderful! Whenever my grandson hears people discussing gardening these days, he just joins in the conversation and shares his gardening experiences!
Posted by pprscribe on July 21, 2009 at 11:49 PM
Those look lovely! For the first time this year, I too am attempting to grow tomatoes. I was so thrilled the first time I looked outside my window to see little red balls! I have been somewhat frustrated, however. Some critters have been helping themselves to our harvest. They like to eat the inside meat and leave the skins for me to slip on when I go outside to water them. LOL!
I might get brave enough to do peppers next year. Save some salsa for me!!!
Posted by Claudia on July 22, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Thanks, ppr_scribe! Sorry to hear about your tomatoes. My neighbor has two of those contraptions that allow you to grow them upside down and she loves it. Maybe that’s an option to keep the critters away.