tomatoes

I have been distracted (back from vacation, my day job, garden must go in and fun cooking) but share, in a quick post, about my tomato collection this year. This is my 3rd year growing tomatoes. The first year was an experiment with about 5 varieties, year two was a tomato explosion (about 12heirloom varieties), and this year... we'll see.

here is my heirloom plan

• Large Orange/Mennonite Orange
  
• Red Zebra
  
• Garden Peach (2)
  
• Henderson's Pink
  
• Matt's Wild Cherry
  
• White Beauty
  
• Opalka
  
• Orange Banana
  
• Brown Cherry
• Sungold Select
• Amish Paste
• Thai Sweet Cherry
• Yellow Pear Cherry
  

This Amy Goldman book is as informative as it is beautiful. Check it out the book and one of my favorite growers (where some of my tomato plants came from) http://happycatorganics.blogspot.com/

easy tzatziki on a hot spring day

easy tzatziki

• 15 oz yogurt, preferable from Cozy Corner Farms or Greek yogurt
• 1 hot house cucumber or 2 regular cucumbers, leave some of the peel and seed
• 2 T lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 T vinegar
• 1 T fresh dill, chopped
• 2 tsp garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp white pepper, freshly ground (use black if you don't have white. I prefer not to see the black flecks in this creamy white dip)
  

In a medium bowl over a sieve or into cheese cloth, grate half of the cucumber and chop the remaining half. I like this texture but you can either grate or dice all. Squeeze the excess juice from the cucumbers. You can drink this fresh, tasty shot of real juice or discard it. Mix all the ingredients and refrigerate for at least an hour for the flavors to marry. Serve with fresh veggies or toasty pita chips.