Category Archives: garden

4.24.13 Storage Tomatoes + 5 Links

Posted on April 24, 2013 by diary of a tomato

Our Italian winter tomatoes — pomodorini appesi — made it through late-April, when we finished up the last of them. Until then, we’d been enjoying them roasted on pizza, sautéed for pasta, tossed into scrambled eggs and stuffed into frittatas, … Continue reading →

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4.22.13 Garden Emerging

Posted on April 22, 2013 by diary of a tomato

This week’s sunny weather is giving us days that range in the 50’s, with chilly overnight temperatures still in the 30’s. We’ve been patiently awaiting for the rhubarb to emerge, a sign to take stock of what else in the garden … Continue reading →

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4.17.13 Crocuses

Posted on April 17, 2013 by diary of a tomato

After this week’s news from Boston, we seek out solace in the garden to remind ourselves there’s still good in this world.

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4.15.13 Spring Ramps + Overwintered Greens

Posted on April 15, 2013 by diary of a tomato

We are beyond excited to find our planting of ramps finally making an appearance. With very little else on the scene, they aren’t shy about calling attention to themselves.  We found two small patches, both planted last April from ramps … Continue reading →

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4.8.13 Spring Seedlings + Winter Tomatoes

Posted on April 8, 2013 by diary of a tomato

Spring is taking its time arriving, the early occurrence of Easter a false start to the season. There’s very little to forage from the garden, though we found a sprouting onion in storage that we’re keeping for the greens. The … Continue reading →

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4.1.13 Garden Beginnings, Part 2

Posted on April 1, 2013 by diary of a tomato

Part 2: About our first vegetable garden in 2008, with which we discover what two raised beds can produce… Late August: We’d read about Roger Doiron of Kitchen Gardeners International and how he kept track of his first garden’s production to see … Continue reading →

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3.11.13 Garden Beginnings, Part 1

Posted on March 11, 2013 by diary of a tomato

It didn’t seem insane at the time. The way we figured it, you have to start someplace. It was 2008, and, with inspiration from Skippy’s Vegetable Garden, we set up two raised beds and began a vegetable garden of our own.  … Continue reading →

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