The goings on of our family.
The other day we had a large harvest of Thai Pink Egg tomatoes. Aside from eating some in a variety of dishes Kate also made a fantastic tomato sauce out of them. There will be more still to harvest but I think the bulk of the harvest is finished.
Now I’m just waiting to see if our bell peppers make it!
I took out the Emerald Evergreen tomatoes today. They had grown a lot but the tomatoes produced all got blossom end rot. Too bad. I was curious to try them. Maybe some other variety would do better. I think the containers probably needed more calcium for that variety.
The Thai Pink Egg tomatoes continue to produce well. I just harvested another bowl full and there are still a bunch more ripening out there.
In the hanging on category our bell peppers plants have bell peppers! I don’t know if they’ll manage to get big and ripen but that would be great. It’s only a few peppers but it’d still be nice. Our basil plant also continues to do well.
The porch garden is winding down. The Emerald Evergreen tomatoes haven’t done much except grow and try to take over. There are tomatoes but it looks like they’re suffering from blossom end rot. I’ll probably take the plants out this weekend and see if any of the tomatoes look like they’ll ripen indoors.
Our Thai Pink Egg tomatoes that Baker Creek sent free have been star producers this year. We’ve harvested quite a few of the small, tasty tomatoes. I read on a message board that some folks didn’t like them and thought they were tasteless — maybe they picked them too early or something because ours taste good. Plus the plant has been very productive. There are a bunch out there now that I need to pick this weekend.
The bell peppers are blooming — too late to do anything I’m afraid. I’m going to leave them and see how far they get before it gets too cold. If they survive the winter maybe they’ll do something in the spring but I doubt they will.
So it looks like things on the porch garden are wrapping up. The worms in the worm bin have been busy chowing down on the garden remains. Verimcomposting is working well now.
Yesterday I harvested our first Thai Pink Egg tomato. It wasn’t quite ripe yet but I wasn’t sure. It tasted fine anyway. It’ll serve as a good benchmark for the next harvest. There are a bunch that are changing color right now. I’ll have to get a picture of them up soon. We’re also still waiting for the Emerald Evergreens to ripen. I’m looking forward to lots of fresh tomatoes.
I had a goal this year to improve my general fitness. I walk to and from work each day. Plus working at the library means moving a lot of material, lifting, etc. But I’ve found it isn’t enough. I’ve put on more weight and have gotten more out of shape. I need to turn those things around.
I need to get back into shape. I’ve tried yoga before but this time I’m trying a different approach. Baron Baptiste’s power yoga has an approach that I like. I’m pretty inflexible at the moment. It’s funny. But I figure I’ll improve as long as I stick to it.
A few weeks ago Kate saw this guy or one like him on the porch. I saw him too when I was moving one of the Earthboxes. After that I hadn’t seen him again until today. I went out to walk the dogs and was looking over the plants when I noticed him sitting there on a tomato leaf enjoying the shade. Since we started the porch garden we’ve noticed that it has attracted a variety of insect life, spiders, and also this frog. Although we had some aphids and other pests early on there were quickly enough predators that we haven’t had any real problems with insects.
