In the last garden update I showed the herbs in my garden, so this time I’m going to focus on the vegetables, most of which are doing well even though Salt Lake did have a late-season snowstorm that killed a few of my plants. I’ve been adding garden spaces and having raised beds built for the last few years, and this year I’m really happy with how my garden has turned out. Above is my first tomato of the year, on an heirloom Brandywine Tomato plant that was started in a greenhouse by my brother-in-law Clayton. (If you’re a gardener who’s feeling envious, let me confess that plant already had that tomato on it when Clayton gave it to me!) Brandywines are one of my favorite tomatoes, and I’m looking forward to having some early ones this year.
As part of my house renovations, I added two new raised beds just for tomatoes, along the back deck and on either side of the path that leads to my garden. In this smaller bed I have three Green Zebra tomatoes, probably my number one favorite tomato for flavor. I love to eat these just drizzled with Basil Vinaigrette and sprinkled with goat cheese.
I also have four of the heirloom tomatoes I started from seed growing in one of my garden beds. I started twelve little pots with seeds, only five survived to get planted outdoors, and then one of these little plants didn’t make it after the snowstorm. The four plants are either Berkeley Tie Dye, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, or Beauty King tomatoes, but the labels came off when I was keeping the seed moist, so they’re a mystery until tomatoes start to appear. (Thanks again to Nate for the tomato seeds.)
Finally, every year the garden has some “volunteers,” plants that come back from seeds dropped the previous year. This year I have this huge patch of dill growing between my garden beds and the fence. I think you can never have too much dill, so I’m going to let the plants get a little bigger; then I’ll transplant them along the fence and have an enormous patch of dill!
If you have a garden at your house, I’d love to hear about what you’re growing or your favorite ways to cook vegetables from the garden.
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Hi there- I found you through your linking to my asparagus and bean puree recipe (thanks!) and saw that you do garden updates. You might be interesting in linking your updates over at the Tuesday Garden Party I host each Tuesday- it's a great group of people just trying to grow tasty and beautiful things and sharing our successes and failures. I'd love to see you!
I could be sooo jealous of your garden, Kalyn. But since we're good friends, I won't be. Instead I'll say Your garden absolutely rocks! And, no, I'm not going to kvetch about the rain and pissy weather at my house. Not much, anyway. 🙂
24 Comments on “Friday Night Garden Photos and Recipes Using Garden Vegetables: 2010 Garden Update #3”
Hi there- I found you through your linking to my asparagus and bean puree recipe (thanks!) and saw that you do garden updates. You might be interesting in linking your updates over at the Tuesday Garden Party I host each Tuesday- it's a great group of people just trying to grow tasty and beautiful things and sharing our successes and failures. I'd love to see you!
This looks amazing! I need to try it ASAP 🙂
Christine, we had horrible weather for weeks here, but it finally improved. Hang in there, the sun will come out eventually.
I could be sooo jealous of your garden, Kalyn. But since we're good friends, I won't be. Instead I'll say Your garden absolutely rocks! And, no, I'm not going to kvetch about the rain and pissy weather at my house. Not much, anyway. 🙂