In my first post, I talked about growing your own food a little bit. We're apartment dwellers, and this is really the first season we've attempted any growing. The Tomato Plants were planted early this spring, and the Chive plant I bought last year at the Farmer's Market in Topeka and have kept it alive since. It is doing well outside in fresh dirt.
This first photo is of our biggest baddest Tomato plant. It is easily twice the size of the other plant which you'll see in the second photo.
The second photo here is of our other Tomato plant. By the way, these are "Beefsteak" Tomato plants. I'm not sure if they will produce all year long, but they are known widely to be the best Tomatoes you can grow. Generally they get so big that a slice covers an entire piece of bread for a sandwich. I intend to make my own marinades, as well as can them for later use in other recipe projects.
Down at the bottom of the photo you can see my little chive plant. It looks a little short because I used it in my eggs this morning. Cut em long right ontop of the eggs...very flavorful. When growing chives, even if you aren't using them in a recipe, they need to get a "haircut" every once in a while to stop them from getting too long.
Sometime probably at the market this coming weekend, I plan on buying a Parsley plant and possibly a Basil plant as well. I don't know if it is too late in the season, but I'd love to grow some green peppers too.
-LP
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