in which I play in the mud

[lolaraincoat]

It was too beautiful a day to go to the gym so instead I left work early and went to the garden center, where just as I hoped, the heirloom tomato plants had arrived. So I spent two hours digging holes, pulling weeds, and hauling sand and sheep manure - and probably got as much exercise as I would have on the elliptical trainer.

So, the tomatoes:

Earliana (2)
Black Prince
Glamour (4, not heirloom, but reliable and tasty)
Black Zebra (2)
Green Zebra (2)
Yellow Pear
Rainbow
Feurwerkes (2)

and one purple tomatillo. Purple!

Other food-type planting so far:

~ herbs, all in place except for some basil I'm growing from seed that's still in pots

~ red cabbage, as an experiment

~ 4 kinds of onion

~ rhubarb, probably about ready to pick

~ apricots

~ figs - maybe this year they'll ripen before the frost, maybe they won't

~ sweet potato vine - I'm not counting on it producing, but it will be pretty

~ lettuces and arugala

~ chard

~ beets

~ sugar snap peas

~ the horrible, eternal grapes of doom

~ strawberries

So that should be it for the year except for maybe some more tomatoes (no, seriously, if I see any Oxheart for sale, I'm putting in two or three of those) and the chiles, of course.

Do you think there might be a prize for most boring lj entry of the week? Because I think that this post might be a serious contender.



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Comments

[norah.livejournal.com]

OM NOM NOM.

I have been womanfully restraining myself from posting about my mild health woes and how I just discovered that baja style fish tacos can be made with fish sticks. Otherwise I would be in the running, let me tell you. I coulda been a contender.

[contrary-wise.livejournal.com]

not boring at all! in fact, this post is mildly jealousy-inducing. i wish i had actual ground to plant things in. i do have two nice big sunny balconies, but summer is when my grad student budget dries up and tomato plants become a ridiculous luxury item. just keep posting so i can live vicariously, 'kay?

[djinnj.livejournal.com]

You can eat sweet potato greens, even if they don't produce tubers. :) Very nice sauteed w/garlic.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I actually got to experience your garden for myself, and when it was near peak. I've always loved reading about it. I think garden writing is a special kind of porn for me in my tiny Manhattan apartment.

But I'm still giving my vote for best tomato variety name this year to [Unknown site tag]'s Mr. Stripey.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

Fish sticks?!? I'm so stealing that idea.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

Our redwood tree-dominated backyard is too shady for much vegetable garden action. (And I'm too lazy, truth be told, to properly nurture one even if I had the space.) Nevertheless, I have annual yearnings for a big, lavish victory garden that are vicariously satisfied, at least in part, by reading YOUR gardening entries. Thank goodness, because otherwise, think of the plants I'd be forced to torture!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*runs off to buy produce*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Wait, how come I'm the only one here without a vegetable icon?

[norah.livejournal.com]

trader Joe's makes Cod Sticks that are better than the standard fare. That, some thinly sliced cabbage, some tomato, and some (gah!) thousand island dressing...I added pre-seasoned black beans, too. I'm a Philistine, but dinner only took fifteen minutes to make and included all food groups, so whatever.

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Garden posts are never boring! I love spending time in my psychic projection of your garden ;)

And hey, we should talk about the conference some time - that's coming right up. Since I live here, if you don't know the city well, I'm happy to help out with planning and of course driving, if you don't plan to rent a car. (taxis are expensive here, so I can pick you up from the airport, if you'd like).

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

Actually, Fishwhistle and I are DRIVING (road trip whoo-hoo!) and we are probably staying with a friend, though come to think of it I need to email him, so I think we're good, but yes! let's do some pre-conference planning for fun times in That City Where You Live.

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Oooo excellent - I would have been happy to drive you around, but this is a city with very poor public transport, so it's nice that you'll have that mobility. When do you plan to arrive?

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

I'd read that post!

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay!

If you were here you could come borrow our garden and produce ... and hey, you're not *that* far away ...

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

Ah-HAH! that is very good to know. I bet they'd be good sauteed with garlic chives, too, which we happen to have ...

Hmmm.

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

At last, I have succeeded in writing porn!

*swanks about proudly*

[djinnj.livejournal.com]

It's a common Asian veggie put into all sorts of dishes, although generally we saute it, or sometimes add it to soup. Garlic chives are a fab veggie too, they go particularly well with scrambled eggs. :D

[contrary-wise.livejournal.com]

Next time I'm headed that way, I'll let you know. Maybe you'll let me do some weeding? ;)

[elphaba-of-oz.livejournal.com]

Your gardening posts make me quiver. Don't stop.

[lolaraincoat.livejournal.com]

Oooh, your icon! Pretty!