So, remember how I was whining that we didn’t have any tomatoes?
Yeah, well, seems like that problem’s rectified itself.

Whatcha got there is Striped Romans, Brandywines, and LOTS of Principe Borghesies.  Tonight, I’ll be making a roasted tomato sauce for canning/freezing and firing up the dehydrator.
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A whole bunch of Sungolds [...]

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And being a chump, I’ve been real busy lately.  Sorry about that.
Also, our remodeled bathroom is almost done.  We didn’t get the window ordered in time, and so we’re in a holding pattern until that shows up later, but the rest is just awaiting inspection.  Anyway, my yard is a total mess, and I haven’t [...]

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Sorry, been busy with work and the remodel, but… got a nice looking basket of goodies from the yard this morning (eggs, too!):

Whatcha got there is Asian pears, my last Oregon curl-free peach, Van Buren grapes, casper eggplants, yellow zukes, (borghese, striped roman, and sungold) tomatoes, cali wonder pepper, and trombocino squash.
Still, doesn’t mean I’m [...]

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Dayam!  It is HOT.  My thermometer read 102 a while ago.  Yeesh.
Anyway, I decided that it is possible that I sounded a bit whiney in my last post.  Possibly.
So, I decided to brave the heat and go look for some encouraging scenes.  Submitted for your/my enjoyment:
I wanted to take a picture of the peaches that [...]

 

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One more trip around the sun.
You might imagine that I don’t have any pictures of that.
As for the topic of this blog… I haven’t posted much this summer because it’s been oddly unsatisfying out there this year.  It is August 15th, and I have yet to harvest a ripe tomato– with the exception of some [...]

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