I think April is doing this on purpose now, creating 60's era photographs of modern food. Look at her earlier photo of Caprese salad and you'll understand what I mean. Check out her most recent post up at 1000 pizza doughs with a recipe on how to make gazpacho and not have it taste like salsa (I have often wondered what the difference is).
Showing posts with label Tomatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tomatoes. Show all posts
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Another 60's era recipe card photo: gazpacho
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Tomato Varieties at House in the Woods Sale
I posted about this sale in April BUT now Ilene has all of the tomato varieties listed; for me, reading about tomato varieties is like reading a cooking magazine. It's food porn. Here are some pictures from the presale.
REDS AND PINKS------------------------------------
- Black Krim--Dark red beefsteak with rich sweet taste from Black Sea of Russia
- Arkansas Traveler--One hundred year old heirloom from the south, Arkansas to North Carolina. A lovely round tomato, resistant to cracking and disease. A favorite of ours.
- Brandywine [Shannon's favorite] --Pinkish red, most popular heirloom originated in 1889. One pounders!
- Cherokee Purple [Shannon's favorite] --Deep red beefsteak with dark shoulders, originated in Tennessee by the Cherokee tribe. Rich flavor.
- Prudens Purple--Beautiful deep pink-red and rich taste like Brandywine. A mainstay slicer on our farm.
- Giant Belgium--The name may warn you—this tomato averages 2 pounds but can reach 5 pounds! Great for cooking, canning, or showing off.
- Persimmon—Rose-orange like a persimmon, big, sweet. Fruit up to 2 pounds! Vigorous and prolific plants.
- Striped German—A fruity sweet treat! This tomato will show you what heirlooms have to offer—a big sweet tomato with red-yellow stripes with streaked red and yellow juicy flesh.
- Pineapple [Shannon's favorite] —Just like a Striped German. Pineapple fruity sweet, streaky red-yellow, yummy tomato.
- Green Zebra [Shannon's favorite] —A magic tomato, green with dark green stripes, skin blushes yellow when ripe. Green salsa or even green sauce! A hit for contrast on a potluck platter.
- Long Tom—Especially long red paste tomatoes with few seeds and thick walls. Great sauces, good in salads.
- Speckled Roma [Shannon's favorite] —Paste tomato, Red with a hint of orange and wavy yellow streaks, a beauty!
- Amish Gold—Paste cross between Amish Paste and the beloved Sungold, a sweet idea. and wavy yellow streaks, a beauty!
- Black Plum—Russian plum variety, Two-inch elongated plum-shaped dark red fruit. Close to a paste but thinner walls. Sweet and tangy.
- Matt’s Wild Cherry--Mini red wild cherry tomatoes, prolific. Cute little stems with six bite-size tomatoes on each. Kids love ‘em!
- Sungold Cherry--Orange, super sweet mini tomato. A rare exception to our heirloom rule in our tomato collection, this hybrid is worth it. Our CSA members eat them all up on the car-ride home.
ORGANIC HEIRLOOM TOMATO SEEDLING SALE
this weekend at House in the Woods Farm
Friday May 8--10am-5pm
Saturday May 9--10am-5pm
LOCATION--2104 Mt Ephraim Rd, Adamstown, MD 21710. Email for directions, or check mapquest. (Note: we're not really in the town of Adamstown so don't go there!)Stop by during the sale or call for appointment at other times. 301-607-4048.
PRICE--Organic Heirloom Tomato plants are $4. Limited other plants are available, prices vary, including peppers (five varieties!), basil, perennial chamomile, thyme..
BRING WITH YOU--Please bring a box for your plants, and payment in cash or personal check.Come early for best selection! Check out our BLOG-- http://blog.houseinthewoods.com/ for some sale photos and an updated list of available plants. I will update the list each evening. There are also photos of tomato varieties on our website at http://www.houseinthewoods.com/. Email me if you would like to be on our seedling customer list to receive earlier emails about our seedling sale and pre-sale dates for next year.
Ilene Freedmanilene@houseinthewoods.com
http://www.houseinthewoods.com/
Thursday, April 23, 2009
House in the Woods Heirloom Tomato Plant Sale
SALE DATE--Saturday May 9th, 10am-4pm
This year we will have open sale dates instead of pre-orders. We have plenty of tomato seedlings in great varieties.
Our plants are certified organic and sustainably-grown. They are open-pollinated and heirloom (except for the honorable Sungold). Grown in our small-farm greenhouse in a healthy, homemade, all natural living soil (unsterilized) compost blend. These are "hand-grown" and cared for plants from seed to sale! When you plant, pour all the great soil in with the plant. All our plants are “indeterminate” which means they continually produce new fruit and vines throughout the season—this means an extended season of ripening tomatoes. It also means they continue to grow like a vine, so they can get tall. Stake them well.
What are Heirloom Tomatoes? Heirlooms are…old, pure varieties known for their unique colors and wonderful flavor. More than hundreds of these family-heirloom varieties exist, seeds passed down and treasured for generations. Hybrid tomatoes were developed by industry in the fifties for red color and thick skin for transport to grocery stores. You won't find tomatoes this good in the grocery store, and you won't find these seedlings at a megastore garden shop.
Variety list will be on our website within the week. See our website for photos of many of the tomatoes at http://www.houseinthewoods.com/.
Sale is at House in the Woods Farm, 2104 Mt. Ephraim Rd, Adamstown, MD 21710. Please bring a box to take home your seedlings. Pay by cash or personal check.
Return the pots--We would love to reuse the pots we sell to you. Hang a plastic bag of our pots from our mailbox after you plant, and we'll use them again next year. (We don't make much use of other miscellaneous sized pots, so we don't need others).
Thank you for supporting our farm! Please send this post to friends who might be interested in plants.
~~~~~~~~Planting timing and tips~~~~~~~~
When to plant? Plan to plant your tomatoes between May 5-20. The old wisdom of planting tomatoes and flowers Mother’s Day weekend is a good one. Some people plant early (with some extra risk of frost damage) and some wait until early June. We have risk of a night frost through May, so watch the forecast if you plant early. You can even rig up a sheet or row cover over some t-posts, chairs or tomato cages for a cold night!
Transition time-- Your plants would benefit from a couple days of protection before you plant, if you can offer it. You can keep them in the pots on the sunny side of the porch for a couple days, bringing them in on colder nights. Next to your house, they will have some wind protection.
How to plant? Dig a hole deep enough to bury the lowest leaves. You can even bury a couple sets of leaves if the stem is that long. Tomatoes like it that way. They are really vines and will grow quite tall. Put the compost from your pot, and extra if you have it, into the hole too, or pour it around the plant. Pour a couple cups of water around the stem area, to melt the soil around the plant. Sometimes the leaves look sad for a couple days but then they perk up. In a week the leaves will deepen green and be happy. Put a sturdy tomato cage over each plant, right away or within a week before the plants get too big.
Return the pots--We would love to reuse the pots we sell to you. Hang a plastic bag of our pots from our mailbox after you plant, and we'll use them again next year. (We don't make much use of other miscellaneous sized pots, so we don't need others).
Ilene and Phil Freedman
2104 Mt. Ephraim Rd
Adamstown, MD 21710
301-607-4048
blog.houseinthewoods.com
http://www.houseinthewoods.com/
ilene@houseinthewoods.com
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