wow, September! 28TH
SEPTEMBER HAS COME AND GONE LIKE A FLASH IN A PAN! IT IS ALL ABOUT TOMATOES THIS MONTH..THE DRY-FARMS ARE SOOOOO DARN TASTY RIGHT NOW…THE HOT DAYS THE COOL NIGHTS…..LOVERS DELIGHT! THE LIGHTING IS NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT ,LEAVES ARE FALLING AWAY FROM THEIR POSTS, AND THE WINTER SQUASH IS ALMOST READY TO BE PULLED AND CURED….WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE ..WHEN I READ OF THE WATER OVERLOAD IN THE SOUTHEAST..I SENSE THUNDERHEADS PARKED AROUND THE CORNER, OUT IN THE PACIFIC ..GETTING READY FOR OUR WINTER DELUGE…I SUPPOSE THIS IS WISHFUL THINKING. BUT BACK AT THE RANCH..WE ARE PULLING STRAWBERRIES OUT AND PREPARING FOR NEXT SEASON…WE PULLED STAKES ON THE FIRST WAVE OF TOMATOES AND I AM CANNING TOMS ON TUESDAY FOR THE WINTER…AND TO SELL! IT IS TRULY THE GLORY DAYS OF FALL….
THIS WEEKS PICK.
RED PEPPERS,LETTUCES ,RASPBERRIES,STRAWBERRIES,DRY-FARMED TOMS,WIERD ONIONS,CARROTS ,GOLDEN BEETS…EAT THE GREENS, BASIL PARSLEY,FLOWERS,CHARD,DANDYLION,CHERVIL,WINTERSQUASH THAT YOU SHOULD HOLD FOR A WEEK OR TWO!MAYBE RADICCHIO..I NEED TO CHECK IT IN THE FIELD.
..ANYHOOTIE BE WELL! EAT YOUR VEGGIES….LOVE JANE
October 5th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
You have the best dry-farmed tomatoes! Every few days I am buying several pounds from Monterey Market here in Berkeley. We can’t get enough of them.