Thursday, September 17, 2009

My New Favorite Tomato

I've fallen for this beautiful variety of tomato called Pineapple. It is a yellow beefsteak type that has delicate shades of red running through it. The bush loads itself with so many of this big beauties that it's a wonder it can hold itself up.

Had to show you the inside- how pretty each slice is. And the flavor? Absolutely delicious, mild and meaty. I'll be keeping the seeds from these for next year so I can have more than one plant. Although seriously , one may be all you need!





Thursday, September 10, 2009

My Pepper Plantation

This week has been a great week for harvesting our bumper crop of peppers at the community garden. The peppers are big and meaty and abundant!


Orange bell peppers, just starting to ripen.

These long thin peppers are super hot. They turn red when ripe, making it such a pretty plant.



A shorter hot pepper. This bush is so pretty with the varying shades of red.



The hunt for big ones.

Success! This one is a keeper!


These will ripen yellow.


Bull's Tongue, ripens red. A big beautiful stuffing or canning variety. A little bitter raw.



Sweet Cherry Peppers


The happy harvest ready to take home.