Planting Time, Sunny Day, & Soup!
Mar. 22nd, 2007 01:17 pmWell, for tomatoes, anyway. I have two varieties that I bought, and then today got some grape tomatoes and squeezed out some of the seeds to try to grow them as well. The other tomatoes are Roma and Amish Paste, for canning mostly. But I like grape tomatoes for snacking and salads. They travel much better if you're making a lunch for eating elsewhere, since you don't have to cut them up, so they don't slosh their innards all over the lettuce all morning and make them soggy :P
I also found some old squash seeds that I'm going to try, to see if any of them will still germinate.
Oh, and one of the lemon seeds sprouted and my little tree now has a number of tiny leaves. It is quite sweet and sturdy-looking, and growing very erect right now.
Most of the other seeds need to wait until the snow is gone, so we can find and turn the soil. It'll probably be at least a month before we can safely sow outdoors.
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We went for a walk this morning, over to Stop & Shop. We picked up a few things, including seeds for shelling peas. Beautiful day, snow is melting everywhere, and several robins are checking out the neighborhood. I was quite tired when we got back, as some of the things we bought were heavy, but very glad to have been able to get out and about! Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, so another walk tomorrow.
It may snow this weekend, but if we don't get too much and it warms up again, possibly we can go bike riding next week. I'm rather out of practice, but would like to go over to Mt. Tom, and eventually even to Northampton. A friend of ours, Eli, bikes everywhere for as much of the year as he can. It may not be as 'fast' as a car, but you have more time to see the world around you, and you don't have to worry about the price of gasoline either.
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I made split pea soup Tuesday, and it was pretty good. We had the rest of it today, and it is still good, the spicing is maybe a little smoother now, having aged a couple of days.
I had peas, carrots, onions, garlic, and ham in it. Also pepper, tarragon, and a little ginger. I did not put in any bouillon cubes or whatever, and it really didn't need it.
My next soup attempt will probably be lentils, although potato soup is also a possibility.
I also found some old squash seeds that I'm going to try, to see if any of them will still germinate.
Oh, and one of the lemon seeds sprouted and my little tree now has a number of tiny leaves. It is quite sweet and sturdy-looking, and growing very erect right now.
Most of the other seeds need to wait until the snow is gone, so we can find and turn the soil. It'll probably be at least a month before we can safely sow outdoors.
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We went for a walk this morning, over to Stop & Shop. We picked up a few things, including seeds for shelling peas. Beautiful day, snow is melting everywhere, and several robins are checking out the neighborhood. I was quite tired when we got back, as some of the things we bought were heavy, but very glad to have been able to get out and about! Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, so another walk tomorrow.
It may snow this weekend, but if we don't get too much and it warms up again, possibly we can go bike riding next week. I'm rather out of practice, but would like to go over to Mt. Tom, and eventually even to Northampton. A friend of ours, Eli, bikes everywhere for as much of the year as he can. It may not be as 'fast' as a car, but you have more time to see the world around you, and you don't have to worry about the price of gasoline either.
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I made split pea soup Tuesday, and it was pretty good. We had the rest of it today, and it is still good, the spicing is maybe a little smoother now, having aged a couple of days.
I had peas, carrots, onions, garlic, and ham in it. Also pepper, tarragon, and a little ginger. I did not put in any bouillon cubes or whatever, and it really didn't need it.
My next soup attempt will probably be lentils, although potato soup is also a possibility.