First batch of tomatoes have been harvested and one batch of salsa has been made and canned. This is the first time we’ve made salsa out of Cherokee Purple tomatoes (along with a few other varieties). It’s pretty tasty, overall. Looking forward to making more in the coming weeks. Here’s the recipe.
The gopher(s) has been visiting our farm. Yep, the lovely carrots we have been watering, weeding and tenderly caring for have been nibbled to the stub. Spink says those carrots won’t grow and we should just cut our losses and replant the bed. I, on the other hand, still see some foliage and would like […]
Well, the dog days of summer have arrived and the garlic tops have started to yellow and fall over. It’s time to harvest! Last fall, we used ag fabric as mulch and used a torch to put holes in the fabric for the garlic bulbs. We had some trepidation in harvesting it given this experiment, […]