I posted photos earlier this summer of my fledgling garden:
May Garden, photo by smalltowngirl
The garden now bears little resemblance to that tiny garden I started with in May. The tomato plants and berry bushes are as tall as I am, which isn’t saying much, of course.
The trellice you see in the photo is for the zuccini, squash and cucmber, all of which grew very quickly at first, before falling victim to an unidentified bug infestation.
Harvest, photo by smalltowngirl
I’m harvesting 5-6 good-sized tomatoes each day, and have made both homemade salsa and homemade tomatoe sauce this weekend as a result. This bowl of tomatoes is two days’ harvest:
Harvest, photo by smalltowngirl
My salsa was lovely, and my pizza wasn’t bad, either. I used a pre-made whole wheat crust, with garden tomatoes, mushrooms, seasonings, and cheese (I didn’t have mozerella, so this I used what I had, which was cheddar jack).
Homemade Pizza, photo by smalltowngirl
I can say with all honesty that planting a garden was one of the best things I did for myself all summer. I’ve loved watching the garden grow throughout the summer, from several tiny plants to huge plants standing taller than my 5’4″ head.
Harvesting vegetables from the garden brings such satisfaction, and eating what I harvest is the best part! There’s nothing like cooking a meal based on what my garden gives me each day. Life is good, friendly readers. Life is good.
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Home grown tomatoes have to be one of the best things in life.
Mmmmm….you shoud be here smelling the homemade pasta sauce from your home grown tomatoes!!! Mmmmm…..
Wow! you did much better with your garden than I did with mine… i tried out a topsy turvy tomato thingie this year… don’t know if it was the variety of plant or the topsy turvy method…… but didn’t get many tomatoes from it…… but what i got was yummy!