Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Peppers, Eggplant, new herbs & MORE Tomaters!



Finally! It's been quite the wait. This week we will be bringing the first round of peppers and eggplants to market! The just couldn't resist growing after almost two weeks in the 70's and many days of sun. I think I may have grown as well.
Some of the new plant varieties I will be bringing to market Thursday the 31'st will be
Long Thin Cayanne, Ancho Magnifico, Golden Star Bell Pepper, Black Beauty Eggplant and culinary Sage to name a few off the top of my head. Round 2 of Creole & Cherokee Purple tomatoes will be there as well.
It has been perfect weather for gardening & my garden is reaping the benefits.
These are pictures of two stunners in my garden.
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
Yellow Columbine Aquilegia chrysantha

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tomatoes


It's been a bit too long. We had and are still having an unusually cold south Louisiana winter. That hasn't stopped me from going nuts with the Spring vegetables! We are growing a mother load of tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant, gourds & pumpkins! For now we only have tomatoes ready for sale. If the sun would poke its head out & the temperature would rise to 60+ we would be able to bring peppers quickly. Till that day, this is what we are looking at...
TOMATOES
-Anna Russian 70 days Ox heart variety dark red -purple hue 1 pound tomatoes indeterminate habit
-Black Krim 75 days Beefsteak. Dark hue. Indeterminate habit.
-Brown Berry 72 days cherry tomato indeterminate habit.
-Caspian Pink 80 days Beefsteak. Indeterminate habit.
-Cherokee Purple 80 days Beefsteak. Purple hue. Indeterminate habit.
-Creole Tomato 78 days Beefsteak. Indeterminate habit.
-Fuzzy Black 70 days a sport of Anna Russian that may have a slightly fuzzy flesh.
-Martino’s Roma 75 days 4oz. Roma meaty. Determinate habit.
-Principe Borghese 80 days Grape Sauce/Drying Tomato. Determinate habit.
-Purple Russian 80 days Large Roma great for sauce & salad. Purple hue. Indeterminate habit.
-Stick Tomato 65 days small globe tomato. Bizarre form. Indeterminate habit.
-Viva Italia 85-90 days Sauce Tomato. Firm and juicy fruits ripen uniformly and store well for 2-3 weeks. Determinate habit.

These are all the varieties I have started. Principe Borghese, Viva Italia & stick tomatoes will not be available for another week or three. Everyone else is ready to take home!