Something about slowly grown cherry tomatoes … holy smokes, what flavor. Salad dressing from fresh lemons?
January Gives Back
Blackberry Season!
Last month was Blueberries, 18 lbs from Valentines U-Pick just north of Langlois, OR. Here we have our own no-dust Bramble of Himalayan blackberries. Formidable. Seeds, yes, but full of anti-accidents!
Garden Salsa
Garden Salsa / Burrito Filling
Collection of sweet and hot peppers, cut into rough dices including seeds and webs
Equal or slightly short volume / amount of Roma tomatoes, diced.
White onion diced – a quarter fraction or less of the combined above volume. (Yellow onion is sweeter and less present as a flavor if preferred…)
Crush the ingredients in a bowl with a spoon or pestle, or pulse / combine in a blender / food processor. (Blending down into a sauce isn’t crazy.)
Add dashes / small amounts to taste. Balance for use:
Sea salt
Cumin
Chili powder (cayenne)
Lime & Lemon juice (we use Meyer lemons if they’re ready on our tree. Sweeter.)
Garlic, crushed finely
Fresh Cilantro, chopped
Slivers of green onion, teeny amount of crushed mint
Red Turmeric – deepens color
Red pepper flakes (if cooking as a sauce will follow, to correct spice levels – add black beans, heat through and immediately spoon over rice.) 2nd day – Goes great with chicken or pork. Add an avocado garnish and some sour cream. Burritos with lettuce or Arugula.
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Variations
Different tomatoes (watch juice levels)
Different onions / aromatics…
Fresh horse radish
Re-opening after fallow seasons
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Egg shells and coffee grounds: excellent for tomatoes https://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2015/05/03/planting-the-garden-why-coffee-grounds-and-egg-shells-are-a-gardeners-best-friend/ -
The “man patio” concrete surface is great for … -
Getting reduced to proper small sizes -
The help… Pearl of the Patio -
Use: planting in the bottom of holes for tomatoes; sideways planting of tom plants is also beneficial for max root production -
Watering in soil amendments – home made compost, bags of steer compost, raked and cured leaves… -
Pearl of Planting — Where are all the other 7 garden helpers? -
Weed burning? Sure, but really this kills weed seeds and insect eggs very effectively (hopefully!) -
Giant greenhouse tobacco (“Havana Gold”) but “My Bad”… I should have removed the volunteer plant to deprive the whitefly infestation of sustenance.
Fallow seasons and closed building were intended to kill various pests (insects and plants.)
Pearl of the jungle
Wisteria panther
Pitchfork Path added
In an area the City of Bandon disturbed a year ago, we cleared more brush and have added a gap … there are two loops to walk in our eastern area we call the “Fen” and “Deer Park.”
Next year: take the grapes more seriously!
Like: maybe use something a little less industrial than the hedge trimmer to control the growth?
Lettuce Makes It Lunch?
… if you put lettuce on a ham, egg & cheese muffin – does that make it lunch?
Carnivorous Cucumber Captures Dragonfly
Plants are growing so fast in the Glaedengarden.com greenhouse that even dragonflies need be wary. Here’s a victim of our carnivorous cucumber. Fake news? Or can you think of a better explanation? ;o)
Late June Stuff – Tobacco & Adventurous Frog
Finally pulled up the over-wintered tobacco experiment — attracting whiteflies and takes too much space! On to the compost pile.A first: Froggy surprise in my tool bag! I often find frogs guarding the spinach & chard, sometimes 1 or 2 in a flower pot on the fern stand — they seem to return after being gone awhile. I love when they talk at night outside bedroom deck door…
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- giant greenhouse tobacco
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- froggy in my tool belt
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- froggy in the spinach
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- frog in a pot
Bandon Greenhouse Grown Goodies 