Anna's Cool Finds

It's summer and that means tomatoes in all their variety, shapes and colors.  I started tomato 'farming' on my deck a couple ye...

This is doable, this is SO doable, I think as I clip green in the early morning light. I have no garden space, and these herbs are grown in...

Well, it's a sad season for my tomato plant. I planted it into a pot SO late in the season it's a miracle the plant survived. One...

Didn't I tell you that this would be the result? These were the original green onions with the tops cut off, laying every which way. Th...

The lack of sun this summer hasn't helped, however the brave tomato soldiers on! Here's what the plant looked like on July 15, 2009....

My friend Jo-Ann picked up this container loving tomato plant for me from one of the local Farmer's Markets back in May. Then I promptl...

Being happy on a sunny Sunday, and puttering about the house, I had an idea for making some lunch at home using ingredients on hand. Now ho...

Today I have an herb tale. Little did I know when I planted broccoli (for the first time) on my deck in containers last fall that this would...

I believe I planted this broccoli from a start towards the end of September. It never died, but just didn't seem to grow much. In the ...

Yes, I grew a new batch of lettuce, and it's ready to eat! I think that the lettuce prefers the cooler temperatures actually. So I picke...

Remember the organic onions during the Eat Local Challenge which I thought were US sourced and found were from Mexico? When you use the g...

It's what happens when tomatoes get too much water. The tomato season is waning anyway, but there were a few tomatoes still ripening an...

I've been harvesting all along, but there's something about Labor Day weekend and noticing the waning light of day come a wee bit so...

The tomato plant I've been nurturing is giving back bountifully. It's growing wild! This just taken after I'd picked a bowl of...

Thanks to Chuck stopping by this blog and inviting me to watch his tomato video , I learned a new thing or two about tomato gardening. The...

My first tomato seemed to be ripened to perfection, so off the bush and into the mouth it went. It was so sweet it tasted like candy. Wow....

Look what I found in my tomato bush this morning.... almost ready?

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Catherine of Albion Cooks . She invited me to her birthday party that happened at Il Fornaio last night, a...

I'm SO excited. As I was watering yesterday morning, I found that there were baby tomatoes hidden under the leaves! Oh, this is so easy...