The cherry tomatoes were from yesterday
So were the red tomatoes that I placed in a brown bag to ripen, some from 2 days ago.
The Cherokee tomato(?) is purple. It has not turned completely yet but the other one harvested and consumed was a beautiful purple.
I love the cherry tomatoes as it is, served with basil, mozzarella cheese and a dash of Meyer lemon EVOO. It is particularly good with EVOO and herbs sautéed until the tomatoes burst and released their flavor. I used to make thin spaghetti with shrimp, a tin of anchovy and pesto but now, I only use 1 lb instead of 2 lbs of shrimp with the burst tomatoes.
My son harvested a lot of green tomatoes which I fried, with sweet potato flour, egg and panic but I love them best pickled with usual pickle mix (. he was the one who did it ) with some baby zucchini, poblano but added bourbon to it. They are really crunchy.
Also had zucchini flowers earlier which I fried in my calamari Korean batter mix. Has to be eaten immediately though.
We have around over a hundred pots using cloth bag and automatic sprinkler ( up to 10 times a day) They do not get overwatered as the water spills out of the cloth bag. Had gone to Pennsylvania to buy 4 year old raspberries, strawberries, blueberries ad blackberries, also went to an orchard 2 hours away to buy Meyer lemon and Asian pear fruit tree. ( My son was bitten by their dog and had to have tetanus shot). I had a wild pomegranate tree chopped down ( sshhh! against the law here 2 years ago) as it has wild fruits all over the ground which attracts ground hogs as well as lots of yellow jacket and bees and of course, I have anaphylactic shock from yellow jacket stings. Two doors away, my neighbor also had same problem so after consulting 5 of my immediate neighbors who agreed that they were a menace to not just for me, they agreed not to report me. The orchard where we bought the Meyer lemon and Asian pear told me to return March for their Fuyu pomegranate tree but I am not sure we are welcome as dog bites are reportable case in Maryland and they were visited by the health department. .
I love the French beans just boiled for 2-3 minutes with bay leaf, then shocked and stir fried briefly with EVOO, lemon juice and zest S/P and a dash of balsamic vinegar. Still crunchy!
The garden is currently on top of my co4O4PPxQgGgwPEP2CMgww|525x700 porch but hopefully, we can build a greenhouse but have to wait for carpenter to come from NY and the skylight people to come before July 15. Hope the County will not make me tear it down.
Love the shishito peppers stir fried in EVOO till charred, add lime and salt as appetizer.
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