Monday, June 28, 2010

Porter tomatoes ready for purchase

While the heat has made the Celebrity tomatoes filled with blemishes, we do have an large number of small Porter tomatoes ready for sale. I have posted a picture of these tomatoes. These are for sale at $3.00 a pound. We also have some Jalapeno peppers. Please call 972-878-1997 to place an order.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Sun Dried Tomatoes,Blackberries, and Red Okra

We have started dehydrating tomatoes as a way to use those tomatoes that have blemishes. Many have to be discarded,but a few can be used for sun dried tomatoes. Sun dried tomatoes placed in olive oil make great additions to a pasta salad. We have a blackberries that are almost ripe. The red okra is also producing. Amazing things can happen if we have a rain soon. Peppers of every description will be coming off soon.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

How many day before the 100 * ends?

The tomatoes are suffering in the heat. I have started picking any half ripe to prevent scalding by the sun. The peppers from China are EXTREMLY Hot.. The Jalapenos are beginning to produce. We pray for rain.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Heat , Heat , & more Heat

The next 7 days will have temperatures around 98 degrees. The heat is not good for the garden. We have many green tomatoes. The soaker hoses are going nightly to conserve moisture. A major problem will be the thousands of little green grasshoppers. Organic gardening can be challenging. We pray for cooler temperatures and rain.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Summertime

The first 100 degree day of summer. Man can it get hot. Where we have been building the soil for several years with compost, the plants are able to handle the heat and dry tempteratures much better than the newer parts of the garden. The squash is in full bloom and we will be picking fresh yellow squash this week. There was a time I would eat squash only fried, but Kristi has kept trying new recipies using squash in salads, cassarols, bread and soups that are very good.
Tomatoes are looking good but are not ready yet. A new pest is appearing. Hords of very young grasshoppers are in the grass pastures outside of the garden. The young hens take great delight in chasing and eating that come into the garden, but I fear that as summer continues the grasshoppers will move into the lush garden in numbers that will overwelm the chickens. I do not spray, so this could mean an early end to the garden this year.