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Food on Fridays with Ann
We traveled so long in June, my husband and I decided not to plant a garden. We would be gone during the time it would need a lot of watering and weeding, and I didn’t want to come home to towering fox tails crowding out shriveled vegetable plants.
At the last minute, however, our dear friend and neighbor offered us some free tomato and pepper seedlings, and we couldn’t resist. My husband planted them, surrounding the plants with newspaper and grass clippings to keep down the weeds. Our neighbor offered to water while we traveled.
When we returned, the plants looked healthy. The unused section of the garden was indeed a jungle, but the tomato and pepper area remained clear of weeds. Maybe we would enjoy a harvest despite our neglect?
We traveled again for one week in late July and came back to toppled plants. We hadn’t properly staked our tomato cages and a wind gust knocked them over. My husband straightened the plants and cages, hammered in some metal fence posts to hold them upright, and came back in to show me the first fruits of our makeshift garden.
As you can see, we feasted that night.
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Love those cute little tomatoes! Isn’t it funny with gardens, how sometimes there is so much and sometimes, not so much…I bet they tasted good though. There’s nothing like baby tomatoes fresh from the garden. This week I’ve shared Individual Almond Trifles, a semi-homemade version of my Grandma’s trifle recipe, in miniature form. Thank you for hosting. Have a wonderful weekend. x
Miniature trifles? Sounds like tea time!!
I would like to slice through one of those beauties and place a nice thick onion slice on top, a little mayonnaise and two pieces of toasted Udi’s and we are in business.
Lunch!!
I am accustomed to feasting on small things.
Sigh. Sometimes all life gives us are a few cherry tomatoes. Best not to let them go to waste.
Nothing absolutely nothing is as good as fresh tomatos off your own vines! Our vines are beautiful but so far only one tomatoe and we can see one more green and soon to be ripe. I think we gave them too much water and it all went to vine!
Wow, that one extra fruit will be a treasure! I thought tomatoes really liked water? Some years our garden flourishes; other years, not so much. Not sure what I do right or wrong, but I’m not a skilled gardener. I love walking out the back door and coming back in with food for dinner, though, so I keep trying.