Tomato. Sandwich. ADDICT!

Above is a picture of my coveted Brandywine tomatoes. Since they started coming in about three weeks ago I have become a total tomato sandwich addict. It's a very pleasant seasonal affliction that only comes round once a year for about three months. A tomato sandwich is all I want to eat. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. In between meal snacks and for dessert. They are soooo yummy! Easy to make too and preparation doesn't heat up the house. Slice a slab of mater off, lather some mayo on a slice of bread, add tomato slice, salt, pepper and the other bread slice and eat up! I can't get enough.

One slice of my brandywine is so large that you almost have to mash the bread slice out to fit the tomato. They are so juicy that when you bite into it the juice runs down your chin.

I wish I could share with y'all...but I'm greedy when it comes to my Brandywine's.

Mmmmm....Maters & Peas

Some of my tomatoes are finally starting to get ripe. The top two shots are of a BHN 444 and the bottom two are of the Brandywine.




Got our first mess of purple hull peas this week. I actually picked them before the hulls were purple and fixed peas and snaps. I made jalapeno cornbread fritters to go with them. It was a feast fit for royalty. I am already wishing I had planted more peas.

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Turnip Greens and a Moth

Today I harvested the first mess of turnip greens from the garden. Here they are being washed in the kitchen sink.



I meant to take pictures of them after they were cooked and on plates but they didn't last long enough. The taste was amazing! They certainly have something that the frozen ones at the grocery store are lacking. I really enjoyed the process of picking them, cleaning them, chopping them, cooking them and eating them. There is something about growing your own food that makes it taste so much better.

Today I planted bush green beans, fordhook lima beans, more brandywine tomatoes and a couple of zinnias. My husband planted zucchini and cucumbers. I also started in cups watermelon, cantaloupe, sweet banana pepper, lima beans and pole green beans.

Our okra also sprouted. I hope it does real well because this family LOVES fried okra. I pulled up all my broccoli because it was all going to seed. I guess it wasn't planted early enough or something.

Below are pictures of a luna moth that my daughter discovered near my flower garden.








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