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Post by steev on Jul 29, 2013 22:12:47 GMT -5
First of the season large tomatoes (Gregori's Altai and a friend's unlabelled beefsteak), Cisineros Grande tomatillos (it's California, not Italy, so we can do as we please), mozzarrela, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper; some grilled top sirloin on the side; life is good!
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Post by templeton on Jul 30, 2013 4:31:22 GMT -5
Dream of summer tomatoes & basil, ...but lucked onto some fantastic sirloins here in the kimberley - the stations =ranches are doing it tough so one guy is now processing his own, no middle men - grassfed sirloins in the piece at $12 per kilo...vacuum packed, great for camping. mmmm
so tell me about tomatillos...
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Post by ferdzy on Jul 30, 2013 6:44:12 GMT -5
No tomatoes here yet, although I did see a flush of orange in the tomato bed yesterday. Basil is doing well. I don't have any mozzerella, but I do have some lovely artisanal halloumi waiting in the wings. Insalata Greco-Roman coming soon? Maybe!
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Post by steev on Jul 31, 2013 21:29:22 GMT -5
I'm really liking Black Prince tomatoes; early, prolific, and tasty (a tad tough-skinned, but so many tomatoes are); they may be very good for drying. A housemate thought some of the first-picked, which hadn't sat around all that long, looked past their sell-by date, so I cut 'em open, squeezed out the seeds for keeping, and ate 'em; not bad at all, just a tad wrinkled/floppy, as are so many of us.
Templeton: you really don't know from tomatillos? Practically a weed, much less fussy than tomatoes, less sweet, more acid; well worth growing: need seed?
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Post by galina on Aug 2, 2013 23:07:18 GMT -5
First of the season large tomatoes (Gregori's Altai and a friend's unlabelled beefsteak), Cisineros Grande tomatillos (it's California, not Italy, so we can do as we please), mozzarrela, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper; some grilled top sirloin on the side; life is good! Steev, when did you sow the giant tomatillo? For us tomatillos are a late season greenhouse vegetable, barely flowering at the moment. To have them ready at this time is pretty amazing. My other half brought back a giant tomatillo from a business trip but I haven't grown the seeds yet. Generally they are more difficult than tomatoes here, but perhaps the giant one is easier? Any cultural advice appreciated because I would like to try my seeds.
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Post by steev on Aug 3, 2013 0:37:01 GMT -5
I don't recall exactly, but I put them in the hot-box so I could transplant them out late May; fruiting late July.
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Post by galina on Aug 3, 2013 13:52:53 GMT -5
I don't recall exactly, but I put them in the hot-box so I could transplant them out late May; fruiting late July. Thank you. I'll try a March sowing in the propagator next year.
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Post by steev on Aug 4, 2013 20:25:06 GMT -5
That's likely good, bearing in mind that I just put things in the hot-box to sprout, then grow them on, separate, and up-pot outside, here in the very moderate SF Bay Area, until they seem of a size to transplant out on the farm and it looks like the weather there won't kill them (much more rigorous, there).
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