This has been a wonderful spring. Just about every time I thought I will water the garden and yard tomorrow; it rained. So I haven't been too busy watering to blog. But so much is happening; that about dark I just sit on the sofa and watch TV like a zombie. Well, my cable went out last night and they can't repair it until Wednesday. Hopefully, my blog will not read like a zombie brain wrote it. I am exhausted, but I don't go to sleep early; well maybe early in the morning I will.
Back to the garden post... The first couple of years that I gardened, I had great success with my tomatoes. I remember giving tomatoes away in 2003. Wow, I just realized how long ago that was. But the last 2 or 3 or maybe 10 years have made me come close to giving it up. If you really know me, you know I would die before I gave up anything. I just try a different approach. First, we went to Gilliam Cotton Gin and got the cotton hull compost. And with a long, slightly cooler and much wetter spring; we are being greatly rewarded for our hard work. I go back and forth between I and we, because most of this is my project, but there are times when Don is inspired; never required to lend a hand.
Tonight I made tomato basil soup. A few years ago I read and tried a lot of recipes, but lately I just add stuff until it tastes great.
Here's sort of what I did:
Chopped in food processor 3 or 4 stalks of celery, lots of petite carrots (I've never planted carrots), lots of basil leaves and half a large onion.
I sauteed them in half a stick of butter. Then I added the diced tomatoes and chick broth. I poured all of that in the food processor and pureed it. I pour it back in the pot and add spices like thyme. oregano, salt and black pepper, 2 tbs of sour cream and about 6 ounces of cream.
I add croutons to my cup of soup. Don doesn't. It was the best ever tonight. Probably because I know how hard we worked to get those tomatoes and it's been years since they have been this good.
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| Back on May 21st Kennedy was watching for the tomatoes to turn red. |
Tonight I made tomato basil soup. A few years ago I read and tried a lot of recipes, but lately I just add stuff until it tastes great.
Here's sort of what I did:
Chopped in food processor 3 or 4 stalks of celery, lots of petite carrots (I've never planted carrots), lots of basil leaves and half a large onion.
I sauteed them in half a stick of butter. Then I added the diced tomatoes and chick broth. I poured all of that in the food processor and pureed it. I pour it back in the pot and add spices like thyme. oregano, salt and black pepper, 2 tbs of sour cream and about 6 ounces of cream.
I add croutons to my cup of soup. Don doesn't. It was the best ever tonight. Probably because I know how hard we worked to get those tomatoes and it's been years since they have been this good.
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