The tomatoes are ripening now and we are getting quite a few...I've canned 12 pints of sauce so far and the above are slated for soup. We pick them as they start turning, bring them inside to ripen so the squirrels don't get them. Last year, our plants didn't do well and the fruit was very tiny. But with the raised beds, they are wonderful. We have one plant of giant ones, which are still green.
The weather here has been hot and a little humid all last week but the humidity broke over the weekend. Back to our normal warm and dry.
Our grandson Jayden will be one on August 15th! Here he is after enjoying a piece of red licorice.
I've been doing alot of cross stitching lately...special orders for two weddings. I'll post a photo when the latest one is finished. Its to go in the center of a wedding shower quilt. I used to do exclusively cross stitch but found the tiny stitches were getting harder and harder to see. Now I'm just using 11 and 14 ct. Aida cloth, thanking the Lord I don't have arthritis!
We are so looking forward to the fall and cooler weather! Here is a little vintage graphic to help us out...
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Oh boy...you really do have a lot of tomatoes! Tom brought in quite a few this morning (so I thought..until I saw all of yours!) I'm sure your needlework is beautiful! I hope you will show it to us!
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Gert
I planted 10 tomato plants in BIG pots and so far we have had 2 tomatoes the size of a ping pong ball..no blossoms on any of the plants. A total waste of time and money second year in a row. A neighbor brought us some pumpkin blossoms and I did batter and fry them and they were actually pretty good. First time I tried them and I will be frying more while they last
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of tomatoes Dani and I know how much work it is..I will just have to settle for making some more apple butter when the apples go on sale and all my canning jars will just have to sit on the shelves in the basement for another year. Jayden is growing up to be such a handsome little guy and doesn't seem like it has been almost a year :)
Can't wait to see the stitching when it is finished. You do such beautiful work :) Hugs from Mode
Oh my look at those tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteMine are all gone and they are so expensive in th e market, wish I could get some from you.
Jayden is a sweet heart - so cute
Those tomatoes look yummy...I like them fresh out of the garden,sliced with salt and pepper :) Your grandbaby is precious...blessings
ReplyDeleteThe soup looks very tasty. With traveling and the need to water we only grow herbs. My favorite around here is my lavender. Just returned from Reno, did some unpacking and now time for a nap.
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