#tomatoes

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Now, in addition to my tomatoes, I have a bit of a Mediterranean garden going on.

Mom is visiting for my birthday and she encouraged me to get some new plants when we went to grab soil and pots.

So we’ve got green bell peppers, Italian oregano, green and purple basils, and rosemary going now. My porch may still look a little wild, but it’ll at least smell and taste good.

No fancy recipes here these days. We have a kid. In a pandemic. Enough said.

Here’s a sandwich withsome class…but mostly sass.

For 1 sandwich:

• 2 tbsp. softened butter
• 2 oz. smoked gruyere cheese, grated
• ½ oz. Parmesan cheese, grated
  
• 1 tbsp. whole grain Dijon mustard
• 2 tbsp. tomato jam

Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread. In a medium nonstick skillet over low heat, add one slice of bread to the skillet, buttered-side down. Add cheese on top. Spread mustard onto the non-butter side of the other; then spread tomato jam on top. Carefully transfer this slice on top of the cheese, buttered-side up. Press down gently with a spatula.

Once the underside is golden brown, flip to brown the other side. Remove from heat once it is golden brown and the cheese is melted.

I tried growing several varieties of tomatoes this year. I think I found some favorites and also some I might not grow again:

I grew Sungold, Carbon, Coastal Pride Orange, Mohamed, Patio, Big Russian Roma, Black Sea Man, Solar Flare, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Dwarf Hannah’s Prize

The dwarf Hannah’s prize germinated poorly and the seedlings were really wimpy. Better luck next time?

Sungold: Very productive! Nice sweet cherry bursting with juice. It isn’t a fussy plant but does need pruning. Would plant again!

Carbon: It fruits late but it is already August and it has produced nothing. Leaves are enormous and it is very charismatic. I would try it one more time.

Coastal Pride Orange: A fantastic dwarf variety. Nice bright flavor and pretty great amount of fruit!

Mohammed: Dwarf variety. Cute and small but the tomatoes and very flavorless…I probably wouldn’t plant it again.

Patio: Dwarf hybrid? Slightly better fruit than Mohammed but it’s just ok. I would plant something else.

Pink Berkeley Tie Dye: Heirloom hybrid. I think it is struggling in the pot but the tomato flavor is very good! Would plant again under different conditions.

Solar Flare: Heirloom hybrid. It appeared to struggle but it has two fruit. Hopefully they taste good!

Black Sea Man: Good flavor and decently productive! One of my first to fruit.

Russian Big Roma: THEY ARE BIG. I didn’t get to try them though since we were traveling while they ripened. They exploded when we got home. Too ripe…

Next year I think I will plant extra cherry tomatoes since they do well here. For now, I’ll thin out some seed packets and start planting my fall Rutabagas.

A few months of growth. The cucumbers are starting to produce regularly and the tomatoes are coming in!

vegan vine + scrambled tofu with mushrooms, spinach, dried tomatoes + kale + regular tomatoes

Tatar made of dried tomatoes, garlic and water + onion + dill picle + pasta from courgette + tomatoes

pasta with broccoli dried tomatoes peppers on the oat milk

pasta from chickpeas with spinach inactive yeast tomatoes

scrambled tofu with tomatoes and roll

soy sausages with cucumbers, potatoes puree and dried tomatoes

time forr vegan pizza with tofu and other stuff

delicious lemon pasta with tomatoes, basil, onion, olive and garlic

Lots of different things becoming ready for harvest. We have beds of lettuce, arugula and kale at varying stages. Another wave of fava beans is upon us and following that we will have pole and bush beans. Meanwhile peppers and tomatoes are growing.

Standing by we have kale, cilantro and beat starts to be planted as soon as room is available.

Yesterday I started more beats and turnips indoors for a later summer planting.

Continually sow seeds and start plants indoors so your harvest can continue without interruption.