Little treasures discovered while exploring the back roads of life
It’s summer and it’s time for tomatoes. Ask anyone what their favorite summer vegetable is and the answer will usually be tomatoes. Whether you buy them at a roadside stand, farmers market or grow your own, there are hundreds of varieties in every color, size and taste imaginable. I love tomatoes, especially vine ripe heirloom […]
Read MoreHow Does Your Garden Grow? Perhaps you are like Mary in the old nursery rhyme and have a flower garden with “silver bells all in a row” or perhaps you are more like me and have a vegetable garden with tomato plants growing all in a row . It’s a nice day so let’s go outside […]
Read MoreGrowing Tomatoes Successfully is a little like raising children, they both need nourishment, a warm home environment, and tender loving care. Whether you want to grow several rows of heirloom tomatoes in a large vegetable garden in the country or just one cherry tomato plant in a pot on your sunny patio or balcony, the requirements […]
Read MoreThe secret to a great tomato is to grow it yourself. Whether you have one pot growing outside your backdoor or a large vegetable garden in the country, there is nothing as rewarding as the flavor of a freshly picked and sliced tomato, sprinkled with a little sea salt and perhaps drizzled with extra virgin […]
Read MoreIt’s a pesto kind of day. Actually it started last night with severe storm warnings. We were lucky and just got very heavy rain and high winds that lasted about thirty minutes and then the storm ended quickly. The morning was still windy but sunny. Looking over the vegetable and herb gardens, Mother Nature didn’t […]
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