Sunday, August 8, 2010

We Have Tomatoes!

Yes, I have heard that there is an outbreak of late blight, but it has not hit my garden yet. Knock wood.



My garden has yielded quite a bounty so far this season: swiss chard, green beans (both of these, several times), leeks, fennel, more cucumbers than I can eat, thyme, rosemary, parsley, chives, tarragon, tons of basil. Nasturtium flowers, which we had on our appetizer plates last night.


And the tomatoes!


We had caprese salad last night, and I used the basil from the many basil plants I have, and five different types of tomatoes from my raised beds: New Girl, a basic red tomato, San Marzano, a plum tomato, Valencia, a yellow-orange heirloom, Green Zebra, another heirloom with green stripes, and a yellow cherry tomato. Fresh mozzarella from Vermont, Mediterranean sea salt and unfiltered extra virgin olive oil from California. Dana and I will be eating caprese salads for the rest of the summer.

And for lunch today: Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. Glorious.

Oh, and I had a visitor this morning: