Summer is a blur. When I started planting my garden in the spring, there was so much more time. As long as the peas were in by April, tomatoes by end of May, I was in good shape. Our spring was early here in Minneapolis, with us even seeing asparagus and herbs in early April. May was full of lettuce, radishes, green onions and peas. Read more ›
Tomato season is over for Minneapolis with two nights of hard frosts under out belts (three weeks early, I might add). To celebrate the last of my harvest I made tomato broth and tomato paste from the same batch of tomatoes. Read more ›
I picked this little beauty from my backyard garden, in all it’s Sun Gold glory. Then I made the mistake of showing it to my 4 year old daughter. She is a tomato fan like I am. The whining was brutal! So we split this tiny morsel in half. Lovely. Now my plants better hurry up and produce or I’ll never hear the end of it. Read more ›