It has been awhile since the last time I wrote. It has been a busy spring and summer. Let's start with the garden. I have been following another blog "You Grow Girl" this year. She is also the author of "Grow Great Grub" which I am interested in reading. I found it to be an inspiration and even started my own tomato seeds. I actually started a number of other seeds as well but they didn't turn out at all. Truthfully I didn't think the tomato seeds had turned out well, since they were so tiny and spindly when I planted them in the ground. I even went and purchased a few plants because I couldn't believe there was even a chance of my plants growing tomatoes. Was I ever wrong. My plants grew to be the same size as the ones I bought that were bigger and they are all laden with tomatoes. I also grew lettuce and it worked out great but we don't eat enough lettuce so we had way too much. I think next year I would prefer to plant spinach because at least if we don't eat it all fresh I can steam it and put it in the freezer. The cucumbers are also producing very well and we have eaten many and given away some as well. I am going to try to make cucumber relish from the book "Canning for a New Generation" by Liana Crissof that I got for my birthday. I will let you know how that turns out. We also have cabbage and I am not sure what to do with them. I will have to look around and see if I can find recipes to use them in.
It has been awhile since the last time I wrote. It has been a busy spring and summer. Let's start with the garden. I have been following another blog "You Grow Girl" this year. She is also the author of "Grow Great Grub" which I am interested in reading. I found it to be an inspiration and even started my own tomato seeds. I actually started a number of other seeds as well but they didn't turn out at all. Truthfully I didn't think the tomato seeds had turned out well, since they were so tiny and spindly when I planted them in the ground. I even went and purchased a few plants because I couldn't believe there was even a chance of my plants growing tomatoes. Was I ever wrong. My plants grew to be the same size as the ones I bought that were bigger and they are all laden with tomatoes. I also grew lettuce and it worked out great but we don't eat enough lettuce so we had way too much. I think next year I would prefer to plant spinach because at least if we don't eat it all fresh I can steam it and put it in the freezer. The cucumbers are also producing very well and we have eaten many and given away some as well. I am going to try to make cucumber relish from the book "Canning for a New Generation" by Liana Crissof that I got for my birthday. I will let you know how that turns out. We also have cabbage and I am not sure what to do with them. I will have to look around and see if I can find recipes to use them in.