As you can possibly tell from my sporadic posts, my attention span has been a little. . .sparse lately. One of the main attention grabbers lately has been my little container garden of fruits and vegetables. Take a look.
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| Bell Pepper (it's much smaller than it looks) |
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| Cucumber (We've got several with this shape. . I'm not sure if it's natural) |
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| Grape Tomatoes ripening |
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| More grape tomatoes (These babies have been plentiful!) |
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| Better Boy Tomatoes |
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| My poor, sad herbs (rosemary, dill, and basil) |
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| A wee jalapeno |
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| Squash |
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| Zucchini |
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| A snail in the zucchini |
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| A single, lonesome strawberry |
I actually took the pictures for this post a few weeks ago so the garden's not quite the same. I've always had something of a black thumb so I'm pretty surprised that I'm harvesting anything from these pots. The zucchini and squash seem to be failing, and those were the ones I expected to boom. However, the grape tomatoes have really flourished.
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| This was my little window plate the day I took the other photos |
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| Monday I sliced up all the ones in the window (they were overflowing the plate) for roasting |
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| Yesterday, I used the sauce from the tomatoes on a homemade cheese pizza for lunch. It was delicious! |
Let me tell you how I made the sauce. It was so, so easy! I simply sliced the tomatoes and threw in a few peeled garlic cloves (6). I drizzled EVOO over the top and tossed it all together. In a preheated 400 degree oven, I roasted the mix for 30 minutes, stirring every 10. Remove tray from oven and let it cool for just a little while. Blend the whole thing in the blender. Done and delish!!
I am disappointed that we aren't having much luck with the squashes, but I think we simply planted too many plants in single pots and overcrowded everything. Lesson learned for sure. I'm just happy right now that I've been able to grow something.
Is your garden producing anything yummy? Do you have any tips?
