tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post4789628910290911746..comments2024-03-11T21:31:15.183-07:00Comments on Feeding My Enthusiasms: PlethoraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-21258145710417176052011-10-06T07:19:26.553-07:002011-10-06T07:19:26.553-07:00Oops. I forgot to add: Tanna is quite right to sug...Oops. I forgot to add: Tanna is quite right to suggest trading. I'll trade you some of our beautiful (but deadly) cayennes for your tomato, Elle.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818302133113874649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-56172270981531196892011-10-06T07:17:40.032-07:002011-10-06T07:17:40.032-07:00Plethora is my favourite word.
Wow!! That tomato ...Plethora is my favourite word.<br /><br />Wow!! That tomato is stunningly beautiful. Almost too good to eat (I said "almost"...). <br /><br />I've stopped even trying to grow tomatoes here. Any time in the past, I've gazed over the fence at the abundance of tomatoes weighing down the vines (it's always greener on the other side, isn't it?) and yet there is a paucity of tomatoes on our side of the fence. Not even one tomato!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818302133113874649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-42528065831383816422011-09-26T06:37:55.728-07:002011-09-26T06:37:55.728-07:00"think: underground tunnels" ... oh how ..."think: underground tunnels" ... oh how I wish I could share in those tomatoes, I be ever so happy to share my little lavender eggplants and peppers with you!<br />Love that size compare!MyKitchenInHalfCupshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321041059604871286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-12429411637419306742011-09-25T13:36:27.919-07:002011-09-25T13:36:27.919-07:00Congratulations on your tomatoes! That big one nex...Congratulations on your tomatoes! That big one next to the mixer paddle reminds me of the huge ones Dad grew. One slice would be big enough to cover a slice of bread. I miss "real" tomatoes, but they're hard (for anyone) to grow here because the growing season is so short.<br /><br />Next Sister Down, the basil on a BLT sounds fantastic.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461366318368627707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36460660.post-1833558681950000462011-09-25T05:10:51.521-07:002011-09-25T05:10:51.521-07:00I envy you! My garden started promsingly this yea...I envy you! My garden started promsingly this year and then petered out. I don't know whether the heat made the plants drop their blossoms or what. I put in only four tomato plants this year, instead of the usual six or eight, because last year's garden was such a bust. I'm glad I didn't plant more. From the four plants, I think I got three edible tomatoes, all small. There were a few with blossom end rot, and there were half a dozen smallish green ones on the plants in August when I went on vacation for a week. Only one was still there when I came home. I blame the squirrels and/or raccoons for making the rest disappear.<br /><br />Even the hot peppers haven't produced as they usually do. The plants have been big and robust, with plenty of healthy green leaves, but they didn't start bearing until late August. By that time, I've usually had hot peppers for several weeks and even made pepper jelly. I might get enough habaneros for a batch of jelly this year, but it's been a very disappointing season. Can't blame the heat for the peppers, I don't think--they generally love heat.<br /><br />The Oriental eggplants are the only things that have produced this year, right through the summer and still going. The fruit have been small but tasty.<br /><br />A tip for BLT's if you feel like a little variety: I sometimes add fresh basil leaves, especially when I don't have any lettuce.Next Sister Downnoreply@blogger.com