So I really don't know much about lettuce. I would love some help identifying what kind these are.
Had to go crazy and pick pretty much anything with an orange hue because of a flock of those tomato eaters were hovering in the tree behind my yard. Just waiting for me to go inside.
So I'm going to try to post pictures of what I harvest kind of on a daily basis. We will see. This morning I harvested some yellow pear and cherry tomatoes, one mystery tomatoe (turns out they are not German Green), and a couple of awesome surprise strawberries. You may be wondering why I didn't let the red tomatoes ripen up all the way and the answer is simple. The damn birds will get to them before I can. They don't mess with the yellow ones so I'm trying out some Honey Delight Tomatoes next. I also harvested some salad greens; two days in a row!
So far this is how I'm doing:
Overall I'm not quite where I should be, but I am actually doing better than I though I would be.
So to increase our growing space I decided to try some container gardening. Kinda went overboard...
Built these handy platforms to keep the containers from getting flooded and when it downpours and to hopefully limit the amount of slugs and snails that can get to them.
So turns out I have been hoarding seeds for a few years. Some were from the 2008 season... So, I am attempting to clean up my collection my testing most of the seeds in water overnight. A lot of them are dead.
Oh my, I think I'm in love....
First try using a new recipe, and wow, talk about a home run! So this comes from an awesome book I found at the library and then promptly purchased for myself. The book is The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day.
This recipe is the first in the book. The Master Recipe: Boule (Artisan Free-Form Loaf). This is by far the easiest bread recipe I have ever tried. Here is a YouTube video explaining the whole process. Magic really.
I think it will be even better next time. Letting the dough ferment in the fridge is such a great idea. Plus I didn't have my temp quite right and I think it should have baked for a couple of more minutes. Even with all of that this is still the easiest, best tasting, and most beautiful bread I have ever made!
Completed a project that we started early last summer. Plans were ready and we had all the materials we needed, but we lacked some serious motivation. I must say we were a bit rusty, but in the end we got it completed. Nothing fancy just a bin to put all the scrap wood in. We did add some sturdy casters to it. Rolls great.
So nice with it all out of the way! We even know what we have now. Maybe some other smaller projects will finally be completed. Maybe...
Could it be? Have I finally found a good sandwich bread recipe... I think I have. The hubby has been wanting to make bread with me for a while. He picked the recipe and I think it's a winner. Thank you Brown Eyed Baker for American Sandwich Bread.
Two days of sandwich goodness.
The garden got a bit out of control over the holidays. I always plant my tomatoes too close together so I had to thin them out a bit. We build some quick trellises and added some more dirt/fertilizer. Also finished replacing the wood garden bed with stone, and wow, what a difference that made. The bugs are no joke in Hawaii. The wood we pulled up was as light as paper and folded just as easily.
Left to right: three heirloom tomatoes???, two basil plants, three or four cherry tomatoes, and two yellow pear tomatoes. Hope to add some green beans soon.
The stone just looks so much better, I don't know why we didn't do this in the first place. I will be filling the holes in the cinder blocks and planting small flowers to bring the bees back. My tiny yard feels huge now that the tomatoes aren't creeping halfway across the yard. Traded our reel mower for a electric weed eater. First time cutting the grass and it did the job a lot faster and better. This yard is just too small for any mower.
I can already tell that 2014 is going to be a better year for me. I'm really looking forward to all the great stuff we will be doing. Not sure what all that great stuff will be, but I'll figure it out sooner or later! So this year my goals revolve around all my favorite things.
That is a lot of stuff! Lets see what I'm able to accomplish in 2014!
Rang in the New Year the best way possible - with my husband, at home, and in our pjs!
So what did I accomplish in 2013:
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