Tomatoes

Love Apple Farm’s Tomato Seed Contest

February 1, 2010
By Amy

Another gardening-related contest arrived in my inbox today! 5 people will win tomato seeds by leaving a “nice” comment on one of the posts on Cynthia Sandberg’s beautiful blog, Grow Better Veggies. Five people will be chosen at random to with a three-pack of rare tomato seeds from TomatoFest.com. As Cynthia says in...
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Fruits for friends and family.

November 19, 2009
By Amy
Fruits for friends and family.

Oh, dear, it’s been over a MONTH since I posted here! I can’t believe it. My only excuse is that I’ve been busy gestating. Our baby is now officially three days overdue, actually. There hasn’t been much action out in the garden since early autumn. My husband, Graham, helped me out...
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Potting up tomato seedlings.

April 28, 2008
By Amy
Potting up tomato seedlings.

It’s raining! Do you know what this means? It means we’re saving water today. It’s pouring from the roof into those rain barrels and that is good news for the garden, for our planet and for our bank account. Over the weekend I potted up my tomato seedlings into larger pots. ...
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The harvest continues.

October 8, 2007
By Amy
The harvest continues.

The temperature here today in Bomwmanville is 38 C (100 F). In October. On Thanksgiving. It’s a new heat record. I usually have some gardening to do on Thanksgiving Monday, but never before has it been this hot. Canadian Thanksgiving is a harvest celebration, and today I celebrate the...
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How to make fresh bruschetta.

September 13, 2007
By Amy
How to make fresh bruschetta.

One of our favourite ways to eat fresh tomatoes from our garden is homemade bruschetta. Many of the recipes I’ve come across instruct the cook to peel and seed the tomatoes, but I’ve found that if you use a variety of tomato that has fewer seeds, it really isn’t necessary to do either,...
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