Rainbow of Tomatoes
I harvested a few tomatoes yesterday and they were all different colors. The orange one is a Dr Wyche’s Yellow, the yellow is an Azoycha, the red is a Sub-Arctic Plenty and the white one is a White Beauty. We enjoyed the white one and the orange one for lunch yesterday and they were both delicious.
How can you not be excited to eat your veggies when they’re this pretty (actually fruit I guess). I’m really looking forward to the Black Krim and the Cherokee Purples as well.
Do you grow different colors of tomatoes, or is is classic red on your table?
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Gardening Quote: Thomas Jefferson
“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Do flowers or vegetables bring you the most joy?
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July Harvest Totals
July has come and gone and the garden harvest is finally starting to add up nicely (yesterday I picked over 10 pounds of stuff). August should be the best month with the tomatoes being in full force by then.
I’ve been dutifully weighing just about everything I harvest, although I’m sure I’ve missed a few things here and there. Keeping track is such a great way to know how much a difference you’re making in your diet (and your pocketbook)!
So what came from the garden this month?
10.3 lbs of wild black raspberries
8.5 lbs of tomatoes
7.5 lbs of cucumbers (all nicely tucked away in pickle form)
7.5 lbs of garlic (all drying in the attic)
4 lbs of zucchini
.5 lbs of peppers (I have a bunch on the plants I’m allowing to ripen so I can can roasted red peppers)
.5 lbs of peas (the last of them)
3 ozs of herbs
What have you harvested from you garden this July? (post your blog link if you blog it)
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National Farmer’s Market Week: Aug 2-8
I found out through The Inadvertent Gardening that next week is National Farmer’s Market week. Celebrate National Farmer’s Market week by heading to your local farmer’s market tomorrow and next weekend (and every weekend in the summer).
If you don’t know about a farmer’s market in your area head over the Local Harvest to find one. Farmer’s markets are such a great way to get involved in your local economy and to encourage people in your community to grow healthy food.
Unless I’m working, I head down to the farmer’s market every Saturday morning. I always buy something from my favorite vendors and I try to buy from all of the new vendors I notice to encourage them to keep coming back.
Our farmers market carries just about everything: veggies, fruit, bread, baked goods, meat, poultry, eggs, crafts, soaps, herbs, teas and plants. Not to mention the produce is the freshest you can find!
I’m always heading home loaded with fresh local goodies for a weeks worth of meals and some canning for the winter.
Do you frequent your local farmer’s market? What do you like about it?
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Free Pollinator Plant Guide
While reading through my current Organic Gardening magazine I came across a small article about pollinators. The Pollinator Partnership is offering a free guide: Selecting Plants for Pollinators.
If you’re interesting in downloading this free guide, just type in your zip code when you follow this link and they’ll give you the guide that’s specific for your region. I happen to be in the Eastern Broadleaf Forest Oceanic Province and NAPPC Including the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and parts of: Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee.
Pollinators also include butterflies and hummingbirds, along with beetles, flies and bats. Who wouldn’t want to attract more of these to their gardens?
I downloaded the guide yesterday and have been looking through it. I’m always looking for new plants to introduce to my gardens that will be beneficial for pollinators and other insects.
I love that this buide includes a chart of flowers and their bloom time so you can stagger the blooms so that somethings always providing pollen and nectar for the beneficial birds and insects in your gardens.
Have you incorporated any new plants this year specifically for pollinators?
