What’s the Mission?
I posted this picture of my tomato plants back on June 25th. The rows were nice and neat, and you could barely see the tomato plants inside their cages. Now they’re a tomato jungle! I can’t get through the center path, and the vines are commingling. There are plenty of both blossoms and [...]
I’m starting to realize that growing a garden and subscribing to a CSA might be redundant. Fortunately, so far most of our crops are not overlapping! We are probably going to have an overabundance of peas soon, but we’ll see. We like stir-fry and raw peas (I’ve been snacking all day), so that might be [...]
Fall is officially here. It was off to a chilly start in Oregon, but now we’re getting temperatures in the 70s and 80s again. We’re still harvesting tomatoes from the garden — plenty to eat and cook with, but still not enough to preserve. We’ve got a fall crop of lettuce in, but the peas [...]
I’ve been to Kettleman City, California. Sort of. I’ve been to the part at the junction of I-5 and Highway 41, which is where we would turn off to go and visit my grandparents in Lompoc. It’s a cluster of fast food restaurants, gas stations, and motels. Shamefully, I’ve never thought about any people who [...]
We’re now getting a handful of cherry tomatoes every day. But the really exciting news is that the canning tomatoes are starting to ripen! They’re just beginning to turn yellow. These are Heinz 2653, specially bred for canning. I have frozen tomatoes before, but have never canned them, so I’m looking forward to it. Post [...]
So far, all of my pictures and most of my updates have featured the vegetable bed in the front yard. It’s pretty well established now, and I don’t have to do much with it right now besides water and weed. The tomatoes aren’t ripe yet, and the beans haven’t started beaning. I’ve been picking about [...]
Nothing very eventful today. I made another bike trip to the grocery store this evening. I left after 7:30 p.m., and it was actually dusky enough on the way back that I turned my lights on. The garden is finally bursting forth! The tomatoes are fruiting and outgrowing their cages. The zucchini are finally getting [...]
Well, it is Sunday, after all! We simply didn’t go anywhere today. We decided that Trek in the Park was likely to be miserable on a hot day, during the hottest part of the day. And we didn’t need to go anywhere else. I did, however, get up early and work in the garden, so [...]
