in which I 'fess up and behave greedily

[lolaraincoat]

So having just posted about the tragic unavailability of fresh tomatillos in Ontario, I went off to the garden centre -- well, actually the big tent in the parking lot of the No Frills supermarket, but whatever -- to buy all the vegetables we'll grow this summer, and what did I find there? Tomatillos. I bought two flats of them. So I guess we'll be okay for salsa verde after all.

Now if only naproxyn grew on trees ...

Comments

[cordelia_v]

2 flats?

When I said I planted tomatoes, I meant 7 plants, total. You work on a somewhat larger scale than that, with your gardening, don't you? Man, that sounds like serious labor.

And I'll get to see it all, come August.

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

Well, it was only six plants per flat, so not that much bigger a scale. And I think Fishwhistle planted all of them.

But in the past week we also planted 2 watercress, 4 raddichio, 8 spinach, 4 arugala, 1 eggplant vine, 1 cucumber vine, 15 tomato plants (4 varieties), 6 fennel, 1 zuccinni, 4 brussels sprouts, roughly a dozen assorted herbs, and a rasberry bush. And that's just the vegetable garden. A whole lot of other stuff went into the new flower beds out front.

Thus, you see, the urgent need for naproxyn. Or morphine.

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

And, whoops, I forgot! beets and onions as well.

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

??? You can't buy fresh tomatillos in T.O.? Like, ever?

That would be terrible! But it is clearly untrue. Yay.

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

Yes it's true, I have never seen fresh tomatillos for sale here. But that's okay! I will grow my own! All will be well!

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

That's insane. *disapproves*

I can get them at the farmer's market in my neighborhood. But my neighborhood, in a surprise twist, is apparently actually becoming one of the 2 main centers for Mexican immigrants in NYC. Which may explain the very good tamales for $1.50.