Can you ever have enough garlic? I know we used 10 cloves in tonight’s dinner alone, so I’m already worried that we don’t have enough to last the winter. After disappointing seasons of not being able to grow garlic at all we’ve had great results the last few years. With a little practice, garlic is […]
How to Tell when your Green Tomatoes are Ripe and Ready to Eat
One of the most common questions I get in August is “how can I tell when I should pick and eat these green tomatoes?”. Lime Salad, Green Grape, Green Zebra, they’re all green and all a little confusing when you’re used to waiting for your tomatoes to turn red (or blue) before enjoying. It’s actually […]
So, What’s with all the Sprouts?
We’ve gone a little sprout happy this past week. It has to do with the season and also with the cool new sprouter sitting on our kitchen counter. It’s gotten so out of hand, friends have been asking what the deal with the sprouts is. I’ve been taking a lot of pictures and posting them […]
How to: Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds
Saving your own tomato seeds is rather fun and has all sorts of benefits. Preserving heirloom seeds, ensuring a supply of your own favourites for next year, helping protect seed diversity, making a giant mess of stinky fermenting goo, it’s all there! It’s also pretty easy. As part of our seed selling business we save […]
Heirloom Tomato Glamour Shots
I like photographing tomatoes almost as much as I like eating them. To wake up before everyone else at the farm and get to have a quiet cup of coffee and change lenses in peace is my idea of heaven. Here are some more photographs of this year’s tomatoes. The seeds are fermenting and we […]