Sadly, this is probably the last of our backyard tomatoes…we survived the blight and managed to have a decent year overall…
August 4, 2010
and on the fourth day…
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Today’s backyard harvest:
Tonight’s dinner:
…our garden boxes that we added to our back yard are starting to pay dividends; every other day or so we pull something out of there…a squash one day, eggplant the next…maybe an onion when we need it. It’s kind of cool seeing the vegetables growing and planning ahead for when they are going to be ready. For our forth day on the 100 mile, I took two eggplant and grilled them which were then tossed with some tomatoes and a cut up pepper (all from the yard). Along with that is a nice steak from Simmons Farm here and RI and some red potatoes from the Goddard Park Farmer’s Market.
-Josh
July 30, 2010
…has anyone else been having trouble with their tomatoes? Some of our plants are near-dead and hanging on for dear life. We’ve harvested a few tomatoes from them, but there are a bunch that aren’t going to make it…not all of our plants are kaput, though…every couple of days we get a small bowl to eat- which is better than nothing!
-Josh
August 23, 2009
Breakfast traditionally has been one of the easier meals to concoct while we have been on the 100 mile diet. Fruits and eggs have been in large supply over the last couple of weeks- the trick is to mix it up enough so that we won’t get bored with what we can get. Our tomato plants have been giving us a rather steady supply just about every other day, this morning being no exception. I picked what was ripe (check out our 8 foot high Super Sweet 100 plant in the center photo!) and added some julienned squash blossoms and basil to the uncooked egg creating a psuedo omellette/frittata…a combination that we have yet to try. The blossoms got a little lost in the combo, but they were on their last legs and we had to use them- and if anything, they provided a nice splash of color to our breakfast plate!
-Josh
July 22, 2009
…a couple of our tomato plants have grown over my head despite the limited sun that we’ve been having lately. I think our plan of cutting back on the amount of individual plants as opposed to last year will reap dividends…there are a lot more tomatoes per plant than I remember having last year. Additionally, it will be easier to get in there and take care of the plants as well; we had a huge tangled mass of vines because we planted so many plants too close together which made it hard to actually pick the tomatoes…let’s just hope they ripen up!
-Josh
July 13, 2009
What a difference a couple full days of sun makes! Our tomatoes have grown above their cages and all four of the plants have green tomatoes on them. We tried a different tactic this year- we planted less tomatoes in hopes of having a higher yield per plant. Last year they were a little crammed together and we think that we didn’t get as much out of each plant as we could have. We chose to plant one each of Early Girl, Jet Star, Sweet Chelsea and Super Sweet 100 varieties. If we continue to receive some more sun, we may have some tomatoes by the end of the month.
-Josh
July 4, 2008
Red, white and green?
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Happy Fourth of July everyone! Today we’re heading out of town and since we were invited, we don’t have to follow the 100 mile rules…although we are bringing a 100% local side dish up to Chris and Grace’s in Charlestown, MA…we’re going to bring sliced tomato, the thyme ricotta from yesterday and basil to whip up a little local appetizer…otherwise, we’ll be shoving our faces with anything we want.
Our own tomatoes have been growing like crazy this week, it seems as though the daily heat and frequent rains have been doing them well. They have all flowered and some have small new tomatoes on them…looks like we’ll have a hefty crop in a couple of weeks- it will be nice to walk right outside and grab a few fresh tomatoes!
Our own tomatoes have been growing like crazy this week, it seems as though the daily heat and frequent rains have been doing them well. They have all flowered and some have small new tomatoes on them…looks like we’ll have a hefty crop in a couple of weeks- it will be nice to walk right outside and grab a few fresh tomatoes!
July 1, 2008
First Day!
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…well today was the first day of our grand experiment and we were caught a little off guard. We did not make our trip to any of the farmer’s markets on Saturday, so we were left a little short-handed. Luckily, there is a very small farmer’s market outside of the Whole Foods in Cranston on Tuesday. This market is pretty much just one vendor, Cedar Edge Farm from Johnston, and if we had a dog we could have bought from the vendor who makes canine treats as well. Whole Foods actually sells some of Cedar Edge’s produce inside as well, but we’re going to try to get as much as we can directly from the source. There’s really not too much going on right now…we already have a boatload of strawberries, so I picked up some pattypan squash, zucchini, lettuce and green beans from them. Our own lettuce that we planted seems to be past it’s prime and there definitely won’t be enough to make many more substantial meals with what we have. So what did we eat on our first day?
Breakfast:
Josh-
Smoothie consisting of the strawberries Ingrid picked from Schartner Farms in Exeter, RI, yogurt that we had leftover in the fridge and milk from Rhody Fresh.
Ingrid-
Some of that leftover yogurt and strawberries.
Lunch:
Josh-
Bread leftover from last night with peanut butter and jam we already had, hard boiled eggs (from a farmer RI bought at the Goddard State Park Farmer’s Market) and a glass of Rhody Fresh Milk
Ingrid-
Had leftover pasta that was in her fridge at work (we won’t tell you how old it was!)…she even passed up the pizza that was available at work!
Dinner-
…since I was already at the market outside Whole Foods, I decided to go in and check out what they had available that met our 100 mile radius…while this goes against getting food directly from the source, they did have a fair amount of items that would meet our criteria…I was able to pick up some tomatoes from Hopkinton, MA and some goat cheese from Westfield Farm in Hubbardston, MA. On my way back home I stopped at Captain’s Catch Seafood to pick up some RI littleneck clams…
…we ended up making sliced tomatoes with the goat cheese along with basil and chives from our garden.
…and clams steamed in shallots that we got at the Providence Farmer’s Market, tomato, garlic and white wine (which was already opened in the fridge).
…not too bad to start out!
