The Curious Case of the Tomatoes in the Tomato
Here’s a weird one.
Yesterday I went down into what remains of the vegetable garden to see what was usable for dinner. I found a couple of nice eggplants, plenty of basil and half a dozen ripe–heading towards over-ripe–tomatoes, so I decided to make Eggplant Parmesan. I picked the fruit and headed back to the kitchen.
I [...]
Sager’s Test Garden: Champion and San Diego Tomatoes
Early last April my daughter brought home four young tomato plants from our local produce market – two plants marked “Champion” and two marked “San Diego.”
I wasn’t familiar with the varieties, but after a little research I found that they’re both cultivars sold mainly by commercial growers because seed production of both hybrids is unreliable. [...]
Grazing in the Garden: Zucchini Napoleon
A hat tip to Shawna Coronado and Chris Perrin over at The Casual Gardener for coming up with a gem of a recipe in Zucchini Napoleon (technically Chris’ recipe and Shawna’s ingredients).
It’s a pretty simple recipe that includes some fried zucchini, roasted cherry tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese stacked into a veggie sandwich and topped off [...]
Spring Tomato Update
Just a quick update on my last post on how I get lots of early spring tomatoes.
With the exception of the Mini Capri Pink tomatoes and and the cherry sweet peppers, everybody sprouted exactly 7 days after planting. That’s a good sign!
(I don’t know what’s up with the Mini Capris, but the seeds are about [...]
Seven Steps for Sweet Spring Tomatoes
Like many folks, I like to be eating my own fresh tomatoes as early in the season as possible.
Sure, here in San Diego County we can grow tomatoes throughout the winter, but nurturing the plants through short days, long nights and the occasional frost tends to make a lot of work for what usually result [...]
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