So many tomatoes and other news concerning vegetable matter

[anagramofbrat]

Farmers Market + August = so many tomatoes. (And basil. And garlic. And basil. And local sharp fancy cheese. but mostly OMG tomatoes.)

Remind me next year when I'm shopping for things to grow that I need to get a couple of sungold cherry tomato vines. UNNNFFF those are fucking delicious.

Tonight cell23 is making margarita pizza for dinner, then I'm roasting up most of the crate of grape tomatoes for tomorrow and hopefully the rest of the week (though judging how fast I ate them last time, probably not) and the sungolds are just for drive-by snacking for me and the kids. Considering little miss "I don't like tomatoes" Kidzilla has been scarfing them by the handful, I don't expect those to last too long.

Speaking of things Kidzilla will eat by the handful, Goo is kinda crazy happy with the strawberry production right now, which is funny because she's technically out of season, but now it's all FLOWERS! BERRIES! MOAR FLOWERS up in her pot. May have to toss her into a bigger pot soon, she's the only one that didn't get an upgrade.

I was a little worried about TV's Frank, as he kinda came up stunted with brown leaves, and I wasn't sure he was gonna make it after I repotted him, but no, both him and Dr. Forrester (who is in much better shape) both have proto-cukes starting. We may get something useful out of both of them after all.

Icky and Sticky continue to shoot upwards no matter how many suckers I pinch off of them, but as they are flowering like mad and still putting out tomatoes, I refuse to worry about them. Nothing ripe yet off of sticky. Beefs take a long ass while. But they are SO GOOD when they're done so it's worth the wait.

The coleus pinching I nicked from behind Packards a couple of weekends ago has been sitting happily in a shot glass full of water on the kitchen counter, and since he now has little roots I plan to put him in dirt sometime this weekend. I think I've identified him as a Black Widow variety, so he may end up with "Parker" for a name, since Spidey is taken by the spider plant, who also has babies I want to stick in dirt when I have a minute. Not that I have too many of those.

And now, time to make me a sammich out of some of them tomatoes, ham and maybe a bit of that there fancy spanish cheese I also got at the farmers market. Nom.

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Sungold, you say? I'll have to keep that in mind. We're planning to do veggies next year, and lynx definitely wants a few types of tomatoes.

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

Next time you're out here (if you make it in the next few weeks, anyway) visit Astarte Farm, since not only are they the guys we bought almost all of today's spoils from, but they are also the guys I bought Icky and Sticky from at the beginning of the summer so they are directly responsible for 90% of this summer's tomato based delicious.

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Tomatoes and basil, huh? All you need is mozzarella, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil, and you've got Caprese salad, which, as far as I'm concerned is THE BEST THING EVER!!!

Did I mention that Caprese salad is amazingly good when you use fresh tomatoes that you've grown yourself? :)

[htl-1126.livejournal.com]

I would like to second that about Caprese salad. I also take french bread cut thin, rub with garlic and swipe with olive oil, put on slice of fresh mozzarella(buffalo), put in oven till toasty then top with fresh tomatoes and drizzle with balsamic glaze. I live for those.