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They say that just the thought of food increases our insulin levels. If so, then stop here! LOL!
Yesterday we harvested our first tomatoes!! Yes, they were awesome still semi-warm off the vine. We're very happy with how the vines are doing so far, probably the best we've done in a few years. Of course, this year we had them in the ground and not in pots. DH thought the spot I picked out for him to put in his garden wouldn't get enough sun, but I held firm that the spot was fine. He always has his own ideas on where to plant veggies and those areas are not always conducive to reclaiming whenever we have to sell the house! Which, in the military, is every 2-4 years. I can hardly wait until we have a retirement house where he can put however big a garden he wants wherever he wants to put it.
Did I say those tomatoes were excellent??!!
For all you waiting to get your plants put in, never fear. You'll be gloating over your own harvests this summer when we're baking and in between planting seasons.
Diet Calendar Entries for 18 May 2011:
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1268 kcal
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Fat: 89.91g | Prot: 84.28g | Carb: 38.34g.
Breakfast: Brown Sugar & Honey Breakfast Sausage, Kraft/Borden/Cooper shredded colby/Mexican cheese, Pieces & Stems Mushrooms, scrambled eggs. Lunch: Endulge Peanut Caramel Cluster Bar. Dinner: Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Lavash bread, shredded cheese, beef, jicama, Armenian cucumber, wishbone ranch dressing, romaine, salad toppins. Snacks/Other: Colby Jack Cheese Sticks, String Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Snacks. more...
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2064 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Sleeping - 8 hours, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 36 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 24 minutes, Resting - 15 hours. more...
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Sandy - I am so jealous!!! My tomatoes blossoms aren't even opened yet - they are too wet and cold. Maybe it is a good thing you'll be selling the house since you can't get anyone to fix anything!
18 May 11 by member: BuffyBear
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Drooling here.lol All we have is a huge mud hole that Art plowed. We are waiting for some sunshine so it will start to dry so we can till it. A long way from planting yet. So glad you enjoyed those delicious treasures. Hope your having a great evening.:)
18 May 11 by member: LauPug1
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Awwww I love a home grown tomatoes. Great for just about anything you
cook and Oh my a sandwich with mayo.. Mouth watering...Enjoy your hard
work my friend....Bren
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Buffy, I think we may have lost a few blossoms last night as we set a new record overnight low - 43. If I remember correctly, I think it's about 50 when blossoms drop and the process has to start over again. Luckily, they're really not forecasting lows like that again. I try to avoid contractors AMAP just because of all the frustration. DH and I are DIY wherever and whenever possible. Up until this house, we've always tried to make the house perfect and fix up everything while we owned it. This time, it just seems more difficult!
18 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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Well Laurie, at least the subsoil is getting a good dose of water that should eventually help your garden this summer. We're actually in a drought and you should see all the watering that's going on. I'm sure the city coffers will be happy! Enjoy your child-free evening.
18 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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Bren, eventually we'll try some tomatoes with bacon, mayo, maybe rolled in a low-carb tortilla, but for now, they've been great cut up with just a bit of salt. No tomatoes for today, although one should be ready tomorrow. Gosh, now you've got my mouth watering for a BLT!
18 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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Sandy - have you ever had tomato pizza? Take a big tomato slice and add mozzarella, sprinkle with oregano and whatever other toppings you want - then place under the broiler. Now my blood sugar is soaring!
18 May 11 by member: BuffyBear
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Wow Buffy - sounds deicious. You know, I bet you could even use part of Stef's idea too and put the tomato and toppings on top of a portabella mushroom too. I want more tomatoes....!!!!!!!
18 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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Can't wait to get my garden planted...gotta shut off the rain before that happens!
18 May 11 by member: HealthyBabs
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Oh my mouth is watering!!! My tomato bushes are full of tomatoes - just waiting for them to turn red!! And my yellow bellpepper plant has a little bell pepper on it - woo hoo, and blossoms are all over it! Oh and cucumber plants have tons of blossoms too - Oh I can't wait!!!
19 May 11 by member: milbwknicole
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Sandy, I don't believe we are going to have to water at all this year. I just hope I will be able to plant something soon. My child free evening was great, thanks.:)
19 May 11 by member: LauPug1
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Drooling I am & soooo jealous! Yikes, you would laugh if you could see my piddly little tomato plants I started from seed, they are only 2" tall! FYI, my personal opionion is; you can never have too many tomato plants! Ohh you guys...this is almost like torture! With all of your mouth watering, wiping the drool, descriptions, it feels like the tomatos are sooo close, but yet so far...
19 May 11 by member: gg-girl
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Babs, maybe we could work out a swap....I'll send you a bit of sunshine and drying breezes if you'll send me some moisture!
19 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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Milbwknicole, I know the feeling of waiting for the tomaotes to turn red. Seems like ours just got bigger and bigger but were taking a long time to turn red. Wish we had some cucumber plants, but we did plant some squash plants - AFTER the time those borers supposedly target those plants. Last year we lost all our squash to borers.
19 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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GG-Girl, your descriptions brought to mind our early plantings in another state. We had all sorts of tables rigged up by the one window with lots of sun and had trays and trays of tiny plants, all grown from seeds. DH pretty much gave up on seeds, except for sugar snap peas that he can put outside right away. I completely agree....you can never have too many tomato plants!! We get a lot of different varieties to see which produce the best, but then we totally forget which ones did the best, by the next year!
19 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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Laurie, your time is a comin' to be planting. Just hope it comes soon, as I would think you've got just a few months to get it all in, grown, and harvested before your temps start dropping.
19 May 11 by member: Sandy701
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