Saturday, August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Eggplant has flowers!
After being kind of dormant the kurume eggplant now has some flowers. I'm thinking the bone meal with phosphorous I applied last weekend is doing some good!
Kurume eggplant seems to be a pretty small variety
Kurume eggplant seems to be a pretty small variety
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Seeds for fall planting
Ordered some seeds for starts for fall: chioggia beets, celery dorato gigante, cima di rapa quarantina (broccoli rabe), valeriana d'olanda (mâché). All from a site Seeds from Italy (www.growitalian.com). I'm especially excited about the celery as it's supposed to be a whole different tasting experience from store-bought celery.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Summer 2012 tomatoes
Roma tomatoes from Costco
Orange Mexico Midget from Aravaipa heirlooms
Not a prolific year in terms of tomatoes. I like the Orange Mexico Midget; great flavor, a bit more tart, and yellow orange color. But in the end it didn't produce very much in the way of fruit. But after the presentation by master gardeners at our monthly garden meeting yesterday, I suspect they need a bit more phosphorous. The Roma plant is quite ugly and a lot of the fruit are getting chewed on before I get to them, but the ones I've harvested are still pretty tasty.
Orange Mexico Midget from Aravaipa heirlooms
Not a prolific year in terms of tomatoes. I like the Orange Mexico Midget; great flavor, a bit more tart, and yellow orange color. But in the end it didn't produce very much in the way of fruit. But after the presentation by master gardeners at our monthly garden meeting yesterday, I suspect they need a bit more phosphorous. The Roma plant is quite ugly and a lot of the fruit are getting chewed on before I get to them, but the ones I've harvested are still pretty tasty.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
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