Hello, Tomato Bounty!

Our tomato crop has arrived, 24 buxom beauties picked just today, and the culinary creativity has begun!
-Tomato & eggs in the morning
-Tomato & mozzarella salad with basil for lunch
-Grilled tomato & eggplants for dinner
-And snacking on tomatoes while making a pot of tomato sauce!

"Hello, I'm Crick. Who the heck are you?"

Some of the tomato plants in the garden (like the bushy lil' guy above) are mystery plants, too...they're definitely tomatoes, but I know I didn't plant them where they are cropping up! Guess I'll just thank Ma Nature for her generosity and eat up!



In other news.... my Harvest of Randoms post pondered whether the pea flowers wrapped poignantly about the blue garden post would produce a proliferation of plump pods perfect for picking when we're feeling peckish. Here's your answer: Yes!
We've got organic, non-GMO soy beans...not a ton, but at least a few snacksworth. They even survived cold storage in the fridge before I retrieved them from the veggie bin to see if they'd sprout! We are excited to have enough for a meal or fifty!

Lesson: the beans, the seeds, the fruits, the veggies you buy at your local market can be all you need to start your new backyard garden!


And, finally....

a sneaky little 'weed' has popped up amidst the Swiss Chard and Green Onions this week. As luck would have it, it is....(*insert drumroll)...LIME BASIL! Ojala! It all died last season and I was rather sad to see it go. It must have felt my yearning, cuz it's returned to fill my meals with tangy amazement! Thanks again, Ma Nature...you pretty well rock!