With the warm weather begging for crops in the ground, kid
filled playgrounds, grill planned meals, I’ve been craving tomatoes. I went to
the farmers market on Saturday morning for some lettuce and asparagus.
Asparagus they had, but at last no lettuce.
With more errands to run I decided
to try a local grocery store I had not made it to. Root Cellar is a small
grocery selling produce, herbs, dairy, meat and eggs from local farms. The
store is lovely setup like a outside market with each bin displaying were the produce was raised.
I looked around and what do I see but tomatoes, bibs of lettuce and a quick
glance back to see the bacon. That’s right BLTs are on the menu.
That night we made up homemade french fries, while they bake
in the oven, JP fried up the bacon in out cast iron skillet. Bread slices were
toasted, tomatoes washed and slice. Then sandwiches were assembled with fries
surrounding them.
The left over tomato was seasoned with salt and pepper to
eat by itself, so since wasting any of it. Yummy I know!
And we are off to a good start:
So a few weeks ago I posted about starting seeds. So about a week and half since planting my seeds
and they are starting to pop up from the dirt. I check them daily to see if
they need to be watered and as they grow and lean towards the sun, I rotate
their tray around to face the other direction. Its always encouraging when you
see the little stem popping up and days later a leaf is forming.
About two weeks later:
And as for the current, I'll post some pictures in the fairy tale weekend. I hope everyone has a great weekend.
