Tag Archives: tomatoes
Just in case you thought I forgot about food…
I want you to know that we are still fans of our Earthboxes, and that we are currently in the annual “What are we having with insalata caprese tonight, dear?” period, where there’s lots of opportunity to eat tasty tomatoes. … Continue reading
Third Annual EarthBox Extravaganza in Illinois
DH and I recently returned from an annual event. Each spring we visit his parents in central Illinois, and help them plant their EarthBox planter with tomatoes for the summer. This is tomato season #3 for them. Longer term readers … Continue reading
The Homemade BLT Challenge
I jumped on the bandwagon on Michael Ruhlman’s blog to join in on this summer’s BLT From Scratch Challenge, which was one to creatively make a BLT sandwich entirely from scratch, making the bread, the bacon, growing the tomato and … Continue reading
Posted in Cook's 100, Cookbooks, Food, Gardening, Recipes, Slow Food
Tagged BLT, Charcuterie, Cook's 100, Mayonnaise, pancetta, Ratio, Ruhlman, tomatoes
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Family Fun with the EarthBox
Just to prove that I’m not the only one I know who’s succeeding with the EarthBox planter and tomatoes, here are two of the cuties in the family, posing in front of the tomato plants that Mom and Dad are … Continue reading
EarthBox Update- First Tomatoes Picked
I’m pleased to say that we’re having good luck again this year with our EarthBoxes. I picked these 5 cherry tomatoes (variety Sun Gold) from our plant on June 28th. Yes, they are supposed to be orange, not red. Here’s … Continue reading
Quick Tomato Sauce
To accompany our homemade pasta this weekend, we tried out a new recipe from Cook’s Illustrated (May & June, 2009 issue). According to Keith Dresser, who wrote the article and did the recipe testing, high quality canned tomatoes are the … Continue reading
Plant Tomatoes In An Earthbox
Here is the second “Gardening for PhDs” tutorial- how to set up an Earthbox to grow tomatoes. I won’t go into as much detail as I did here, but I will demonstrate the different needs you’ll have for growing tomatoes, … Continue reading
Posted in Earthboxes, Food, Gardening, Slow Food
Tagged determinate, Earthbox, farmers market, indeterminate, tomatoes, tutorial
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Gardening a PhD Can Do – Earthbox Tutorial
As the weather gets closer to spring, and the seed catalogs are piling up, I decided it was time to rebuild the Earthbox Tutorial that was lost in the ISP switch, so the family can use it as a refresher, … Continue reading
