 |
| Cherry Tomatoes |
The volunteer cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen. I picked four of them, today. I haven't tried them yet, though.
Tuesday was a sunny day with temperatures in the mid 70s. Cooler than normal for this time of the year and I am finding myself reaching for the long sleeved blouses, a scarf, and a pair of socks!
I brought in the emptied trash bins in the morning, renewed one library book online, and put away the laundry I had washed and hung up to dry on Monday. Then, I walked around the garden for a bit and walked up and down the driveway and the front of the house for a few minutes. The water and electricity meter reader came by while I was outside and he read the meters; I suppose I will be getting my bill, soon! Some other person came around in a truck, selling some fruit, but, I didn't buy any, although, one of the construction workers, next door, bought something from him.
The construction workers were busy all day with a jack-hammer at the back of the house and I am curious to see what they are doing! So far, they've installed some nice lights in the front of the house and put in a new door on the side of the house, opening out to the driveway.
Later, I cut up the passionfruit I had been gathering as they ripened and fell. There were twelve fruits and I scooped out the pulp to freeze. I will make a drink with the frozen pulp to share with my daughter when she comes home at Thanksgiving.
I had leftover rice, beef curry, eggplant curry, and tomato chutney for a late lunch; dinner was leftover cheese burek.
On Tuesday, I was grateful for:
- A sunny day
- Cherry tomatoes and passionfruit from the garden
- Weekly trash collection services
- Electricity and water on tap
- Being able to renew my library book online
Tuesday's joyful activity was chatting online with my daughter.
Plans for Wednesday include M tending to the garden and maybe some baking.
How was your Tuesday? What are your plans for Wednesday?
I hope your tomatoes are very tasty, I think home-grown are far superior to those bought in the supermarket having been grown commercially.
ReplyDeleteThe weather here was dreadful yesterday, heavy rain and gale force winds. The wind blew the cover off my garden furniture and now that is soaked but it looks to be a better day today.
Only a couple more months until you have your daughter home the time will fly by for you.
Thank you, Eileen. I am not particularly fond of tomatoes eaten raw, so I cook all my tomatoes , either adding them to my curries or making chutney or pasta sauce with them. I'll add these cherry tomatoes to the chicken curry I will be warming up in the next couple of days.
DeleteOh, I am so sorry that you had such terrible weather and the wind blew the cover off your garden furniture! I hope the furniture will dry off, soon.
Yes, only a couple more months until my daughter comes home! She has two out of state trips she is planning to do in October (one of them is a work-related conference) and then, she plans to isolate herself for 3 weeks or so before she comes home, in order to make sure that I don't get exposed to anything.
We have quite a few volunteer cherry tomatoes which we have eaten a lot.
ReplyDeleteI love it when volunteer plants come up and bless us with fruits and vegetables!
DeleteVolunteer tomatoes pop up everywhere don't they. I pamper my seedlings through all the cold months yet Volunteers just appear without any mollycoddling.
ReplyDeleteI love volunteer plants! Especially when they produce food for me! :D Your garden is coming along nicely, too, I've notices.
DeleteSounds lovely. I have been oiling the antiques today. Getting ready to cook a nice dinner of leg of lamb and artichokes. Those tomatoes look delicious.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stephenie. Sounds like you've been busy! You've reminded me that I should polish the brassware, although it can wait until October. Your dinner sounds wonderful! Artichokes from your garden? I know you grow some.
DeleteThe tomato plant looks healthy. I think we are all getting curious about the modifications to the next door house! Jackhammers indeed! I hope that you will have kind neighbours who will even allow you a peek at what they have been having done to the house.
ReplyDeleteOur weather is cooler now but we did have sunshine so I can't complain. I walked to the mailbox and back as well as making two trips down the ravine to look for the beavers that live there. We must have disturbed them this evening as there was a lot of tail slapping!
Thank you, Bushlady. There are more tomato plants growing from those really old seeds, too, and one of them has flowers!
DeleteIt's fun to speculate about the renovations next door, isn't it? All I know is that the workers are there, seven days a week!
The sunshine makes a difference when it is colder, doesn't it? I'm making it a point to go outside when there is sunshine in the afternoons, especially when the mornings are overcast and dull.
Yes, I've read that beavers slap their tails to warn of danger! You might have to fix some kind of video camera to record them without being seen. :)
I've put some of my tomatoes on the window sill, in the hope that they might ripen. I bet yours will taste lovely and sweet. Xx
ReplyDeleteI hope your tomatoes will ripen in the windowsill. I generally cook my tomatoes as I don't much care for the taste of raw tomatoes. I add them to my curries, etc. :)
DeleteMy tomato season was a huge success this year. I planted the
ReplyDeleteSweet 100 cherry tomatoes for the first time and they are soooo good.
The tomatoes that split and fall on the ground are left there with my fingers crossed for free plants next year :).
I've pulled up 2 plants and have 2 more that are just about finished.
Your garden did well with food for you this season.
Yay for a successful tomato season! I planted two Early Girls and while they produced plenty of tomatoes, they were very small tomatoes - a lot of them were about the size of a large cherry tomato! Still, there were enough for several jars of tomato chutney and a bag of tomatoes for the freezer, so, I'm happy. I've some tomato plants coming up from the 10 year old seeds and some have flowers on them - waiting to see if there will be any tomatoes from them!
Delete