The Weekly Digs #207
100 Tomatoes
Planting tomatoes was a big project this week and we finished getting them all planted! 39 plants in my caterpillar tunnel, all indeterminate tomatoes.
We planted Eva Purple Ball (a new favorite from last year), Kelloggs Breakfast, Cherokee Purple, Peacevine Cherry, Black Cherry, Sunrise Bumblebee, Pink Champagne, and Amish Paste.
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I had a set of larger tomatoes that I started early as an experiment and they were in 4 inch soil blocks and very ready to plant.
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I had the larger ones all labeled with popsicle sticks, but on a very windy stormy day the popsicle sticks got all blown over and mixed up. So it will be a surprise as each tomato bears fruit what variety they are. Luckily, I don’t have any look- alikes this year, so I’ll know when as they get bigger which is which 🙂
In a row outside the tunnel, I planted 46 paste tomato plants, which are a mix of Roma and San Marzano varieties.
The rest of the tomatoes are scattered throughout the kids’ gardens.
Baby Bunnies
Remember how I saw a rabbit in my garden? Well turns out it is a she, and she decided to have her babies right in my strawberry patch. They are very small right now, with eyes closed all nested in there.
I’m having a struggle right now, because I want them out before they get big enough to eat all the berries but I know if I relocate her nest of bunnies they’ll probably die.
My garden fencing is still not secure, so she is moving freely in and out of the garden. It also thwarted my plans of getting the berries all covered with netting to keep both the birds and rabbits out.
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The kids have been doing amazing at cleaning out berries before any birds or even pests can get them. Noelle declared to me the other day that even the white ones were sweet, haha!
Cam and I decided to wait until the bunnies get a little bigger and less dependent on the mother then we would move them out. Which hopefully isn’t a mistake.
Cover Crops
We crimped and tarped the cover crops in the garden. It always seems like a fairly quick job, but it took a little longer than anticipated. The kids were helping and took a long break to eat strawberries and then another long break to chase around a garden snake they found under the tarp. 🙂
After we covered that area, I replanted a new area with more cover crops. Because of baby coming it’s a simplified soil building garden year. I’m not going crazy and planting all kinds of experimental things like I usually do.
Freeze Dried Cilantro
I think I forgot to mention last week that we freeze dried a bunch of cilantro. It was enough to fill 8 trays. The flavor is so much better than dehydrated, it really maintains the color and pungency when freeze dried.
Meals from the Week
This week we did savory crepes again for dinner. This time with kale, canned chicken, pesto, and some of the family had pizza sauce and cheese on theirs too. Aside from that, we made some cornmeal crusted chicken tenders from THIS recipe book along with asparagus, salad, and fresh bread.
Cam made pizza for dinner on another night. Then Cam and I went on a date one night this week, so we tried a local place to eat, it was fresh and pretty good but nothing quite compares to eating at home! Cam says I just need to enjoy the fact I don’t have to cook! I was thankful for that.
The kids ate popcorn and made smoothies for dinner while we were gone. Only a couple weeks before the baby so we are taking advantage of doing a date night up until that point.
