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Post by Alan on Nov 26, 2008 18:24:54 GMT -5
Just got in from the greenhouses where over the past couple of days I have pulled the first 40 6-8 ounce orange tomatoes, dead ripe, beautiful glowing orange globes of juice and taste. Of course I don't like tomatoes, so other than the monetary gains of being able to market the hundreds of them that will ripen in the next two weeks prior to Christmas when demand is high it's not too pallete enticing for me, but for my family this is gold.
I also picked 3 quarts of white alpine strawberries for Thanksgiving dinner tomarrow where they will be much appreciated by myself and my family!
Life is good!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Nov 26, 2008 20:01:47 GMT -5
Sounds lovely Alan! Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours!!!
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Post by bunkie on Nov 27, 2008 8:28:29 GMT -5
whaat a wonderful harvest alan! are those orange globes the ones michel was talking about for a market tom? Orange Bourguoin?
we're still treasuring the small leaves off of some basil plants we have in pots, lettuces in pots, peppers in pots, nasturtium flowers and leaves, Gota Kola leaves, and toms and winter squash, onions and potatoes in the loft. it's gonna be a great Thanksgiving. hope everyone has a good one!
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Post by plantsnobin on Nov 27, 2008 9:37:06 GMT -5
Bunkie, what do you do with the Gota Kola leaves? I have a plant that I ordered from Companion Plants in Ohio, but I haven't done anything with it. I am leaving it in my unheated greenhouse, I don't remember offhand if it is a hardy perennial or not.
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Post by bunkie on Nov 27, 2008 9:58:02 GMT -5
i purchased the Gota Kola plant last spring, and have had it in a large pot all summer. it's a tender perennial...that's why i potted it so i could take it in during the winter months.
i bought it to help hubby's brain! ;D it has many attributes, but i was interested in the help it gives the brain for memory. i haven't done much with it eating wise except chopping the leaves up and putting it in salads which we have quite often, with lettuce, onions, toms, etc... i need to read up more on it and see if we could cook with it somehow.
it spreads quite rapidly, almost like an ivy. i think i'll try and root some snips this spring and put some in the ground, see if it makes it though the winter mulched.
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Post by Alan on Dec 7, 2008 20:23:20 GMT -5
I finished off harvesting the tomatoes in the larger of the two greenhouses yesterday, I picked a few of them green and walked out with a wheelbarrow and a half of fruit from the final mass harvest. I have probably harvested twice that since they started ripening right before Thanksgiving. It's been a really good crop this year and there are still a ton in the smaller greenhouse which should be finished up sometime here towards the middle of this week. I may try to post some pics up and do a short article over on the blog site homegrowngoodness.blogspot.com |
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Post by Alan on Dec 14, 2008 20:48:02 GMT -5
I sold about fifty lbs to the co-op here the other day so made a little money there. I've been selling the heck of 'em around here locally thought, I don't think I have ever in the past had such a good harvest and such a good market for selling them, so to say the least I am very happy! I have yet to hear even one negative comment about them!
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