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| Homemade tomato pizza by Jo. Enjoyed a delicious homemade, homegrown tomato pizza for supper this evening, and it was cooked outdoors on the gas grill so we didn't have to turn on the oven and heat up the house. . |
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Showing posts with label tomatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tomatoes. Show all posts
Friday, July 30, 2010
Pizza!!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Journal: Tuesday, 12/23/08
► Damp south wind kicking up. NOAA says freezing rain is on the way. (23ºF/-5ºC @ midnight)
► Temperature holding at 23ºF/-5ºC @ 4:45 AM, but south wind gusting to around 30 mph/48 kph makes it feel a lot colder.
► Don't think I'll be spending much time outdoors today: Overcast, gusty south wind, intermittent sleet and freezing rain, 28ºF/-2ºC @ 10:30 AM.
► The last of our tomatoes picked right before first freeze are gone. Some went into a pot of black beans cooking on the stove; others went into the compost
► Jo is making peanut butter cookies. She had the batter completely mixed before remembering she'd left out the peanut butter.
► Jo's cookie dough is chilling. She's actually baking peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies
► Temperature has finally risen to 33ºF/.5ºC @ 3:00 PM. Now we have just gusty south wind and drizzle. Hope the ice on the porch and steps thaws quickly.
► We attempted a walk up the road, but didn't make it very far -- still too slick. 34ºF/1ºC @ 4:00 PM.
► Ice gone. Gusty south wind and drizzle remain. 43ºF/6ºC @ 8:00 PM.
► Heat wave. Foggy, gusty south wind and 49ºF/9ºC @ midnight.
► Weather Summary: High = 49ºF/9ºC. Low = 22ºF/-5ºC. Temperature @ midnight = 49ºF/9ºC. AM = Temperatures rising, but still below freezing. Received a light wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain. PM = Temperatures continued climbing though midnight. Rose above freezing mid-afternoon.
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► Temperature holding at 23ºF/-5ºC @ 4:45 AM, but south wind gusting to around 30 mph/48 kph makes it feel a lot colder.► Don't think I'll be spending much time outdoors today: Overcast, gusty south wind, intermittent sleet and freezing rain, 28ºF/-2ºC @ 10:30 AM.
► The last of our tomatoes picked right before first freeze are gone. Some went into a pot of black beans cooking on the stove; others went into the compost
► Jo is making peanut butter cookies. She had the batter completely mixed before remembering she'd left out the peanut butter.
► Jo's cookie dough is chilling. She's actually baking peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies
► Temperature has finally risen to 33ºF/.5ºC @ 3:00 PM. Now we have just gusty south wind and drizzle. Hope the ice on the porch and steps thaws quickly.
► We attempted a walk up the road, but didn't make it very far -- still too slick. 34ºF/1ºC @ 4:00 PM.
► Ice gone. Gusty south wind and drizzle remain. 43ºF/6ºC @ 8:00 PM.
► Heat wave. Foggy, gusty south wind and 49ºF/9ºC @ midnight.
► Weather Summary: High = 49ºF/9ºC. Low = 22ºF/-5ºC. Temperature @ midnight = 49ºF/9ºC. AM = Temperatures rising, but still below freezing. Received a light wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain. PM = Temperatures continued climbing though midnight. Rose above freezing mid-afternoon.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Journal: Tuesday, 10/28/08
► Started Jo's kiln on a glaze firing. (36F/2C @ midnight.)
► Jo's kiln is up to 1034ºF/556ºC. All the wax has burned off and the fumes vented. Shut the lid fully. (36F/2C @ 3 AM)
The area right behind our garden. This area was cleared only a year or so before we bought this place. The previous owners were trying to make a pasture out of it, but Jo and I decided it was much to steep for that purpose. We've let the trees grow back.
► Time for some sleep. (34F/1C @ 4:45 AM)
► First cuppa coffee is so-o-o-o good. (They're all pretty darned nice.) 41F/5C, sunny skies, light wind @ 10 AM.
► Time to move on to off line projects. (51F/10C @ 1 PM)
Our garden for 2008 is over. Temperatures a few degrees below freeze did in everything except for some dill weed. Of course, there's still a lot of work needing done out there, but no more produce to harvest.
► Back from a pleasant afternoon walk up the road. (55F/12C @ 5 PM) Temps forecast for tonight not quite as cold as last night's 30F/-1C.
► Midnight: Clear skies ... calm wind ... 39F/3C. A perfect time for a midnight snack, I'd say.
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► Jo's kiln is up to 1034ºF/556ºC. All the wax has burned off and the fumes vented. Shut the lid fully. (36F/2C @ 3 AM)The area right behind our garden. This area was cleared only a year or so before we bought this place. The previous owners were trying to make a pasture out of it, but Jo and I decided it was much to steep for that purpose. We've let the trees grow back.
► Time for some sleep. (34F/1C @ 4:45 AM)
► First cuppa coffee is so-o-o-o good. (They're all pretty darned nice.) 41F/5C, sunny skies, light wind @ 10 AM.
► Time to move on to off line projects. (51F/10C @ 1 PM)
Our garden for 2008 is over. Temperatures a few degrees below freeze did in everything except for some dill weed. Of course, there's still a lot of work needing done out there, but no more produce to harvest.
► Back from a pleasant afternoon walk up the road. (55F/12C @ 5 PM) Temps forecast for tonight not quite as cold as last night's 30F/-1C.
► Midnight: Clear skies ... calm wind ... 39F/3C. A perfect time for a midnight snack, I'd say.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Journal: Sunday, 10/26/08
Morning:
► 68ºF/20ºC @ 10 AM. Temperature climbing fast with moderate south wind blowing. More "seasonable" temperatures on the way, though. A dry cold front is supposed to bring 30 for tonight and 20s for tomorrow night. Our chilliest temperatures of this fall.
► Noon: Sun shining brightly in a cloudless sky. South wind picking up a little. (76ºF/24ºC)
Afternoon:
► With below freezing temperatures in our forecast, Jo did a large, last harvest of tomatoes (mostly green) and peppers. The peppers plants are currently looking better than they have all season, but won't be in a day or two. (75ºF/23ºC @ 3 PM.)
Growing peppers is usually a no-brainer. You just stick the plants in the ground and they grow, producing lots of tasty chilies -- not this year in our garden, though. The poblano chilies eventually produced a decent crop of peppers late in the seasons. We got a handful of jalapenos and no bell peppers.
The cause of our pepper growing difficulties is a mystery to me, but as you can see by looking behind the poblanos in the foreground, the other pepper plants barely grew any larger than the transplants we set out into the garden in June. Several times during the growing season, the plants looked as if they were going to take off and start growing, but then they'd suffer a set back and lose most of their leaves. Now that we are at the very end of the growing season, the peppers are looking better than they have all summer. The bells even have dozens of tiny peppers on them. A lot of good that's going to
do with below freezing temperatures in our forecast.
Another concession made to the upcoming freezing temperatures was bringing a hanging basket of impatiens inside. These were another of the dollar-a-plant closeout bargains Jo purchased from the grocery store in early summer. Normally, we leave annuals outside to suffer their predetermined fates in late fall, but these impatiens were looking so beautiful Jo just could not stand to let them freeze. She brought them inside even though with all the other houseplants now inside the house, we really do not have room for them. They are sitting atop Rusty's dog crate where they will no doubt fade rapidly in our too dark house. Still, they will be pretty to look at for several days.
► Back from PM walk. Methinks the wind direction may be shifting to the north. Kinda swirling around in our holler. (72ºF/22ºC @ 5 PM)
► Gusty north wind has dropped the temperature to 56ºF/13ºC @ 8 PM. Temp heading down to 34ºF/1ºC tonight NOAA says. I doubt it gets quite that cold up here on the ridge.
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► 68ºF/20ºC @ 10 AM. Temperature climbing fast with moderate south wind blowing. More "seasonable" temperatures on the way, though. A dry cold front is supposed to bring 30 for tonight and 20s for tomorrow night. Our chilliest temperatures of this fall.
► Noon: Sun shining brightly in a cloudless sky. South wind picking up a little. (76ºF/24ºC)
Afternoon:
► With below freezing temperatures in our forecast, Jo did a large, last harvest of tomatoes (mostly green) and peppers. The peppers plants are currently looking better than they have all season, but won't be in a day or two. (75ºF/23ºC @ 3 PM.)
Growing peppers is usually a no-brainer. You just stick the plants in the ground and they grow, producing lots of tasty chilies -- not this year in our garden, though. The poblano chilies eventually produced a decent crop of peppers late in the seasons. We got a handful of jalapenos and no bell peppers.
The cause of our pepper growing difficulties is a mystery to me, but as you can see by looking behind the poblanos in the foreground, the other pepper plants barely grew any larger than the transplants we set out into the garden in June. Several times during the growing season, the plants looked as if they were going to take off and start growing, but then they'd suffer a set back and lose most of their leaves. Now that we are at the very end of the growing season, the peppers are looking better than they have all summer. The bells even have dozens of tiny peppers on them. A lot of good that's going to
do with below freezing temperatures in our forecast.
Another concession made to the upcoming freezing temperatures was bringing a hanging basket of impatiens inside. These were another of the dollar-a-plant closeout bargains Jo purchased from the grocery store in early summer. Normally, we leave annuals outside to suffer their predetermined fates in late fall, but these impatiens were looking so beautiful Jo just could not stand to let them freeze. She brought them inside even though with all the other houseplants now inside the house, we really do not have room for them. They are sitting atop Rusty's dog crate where they will no doubt fade rapidly in our too dark house. Still, they will be pretty to look at for several days.
► Back from PM walk. Methinks the wind direction may be shifting to the north. Kinda swirling around in our holler. (72ºF/22ºC @ 5 PM)
► Gusty north wind has dropped the temperature to 56ºF/13ºC @ 8 PM. Temp heading down to 34ºF/1ºC tonight NOAA says. I doubt it gets quite that cold up here on the ridge.
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Journal: Friday, 10/17/08
Early Morning:
Blog post on Hodgepodgery: Trying out the slide in the playground at Sequiota Park in Springfield, MO.
Chilling down tonight. 45º F (7º C) @ 3 AM.
Blog post on Nature in the Ozarks: Spider Wasp.
Late Morning:
A beautiful, cloudless, windless fall day going on here. 65º F (18º C) @ noon. I need to get off this computer and get outside to enjoy this wonderful weather.
It seems strange: Here it is Friday and we're not driving to a show. Nor must we set up a booth later this afternoon. Woohoo!
Afternoon:
Jo began the process of migrating our potted plants from the porch to various places inside the house. She washed off their leaves and made room for them inside. In my capacity as the strong-backed, weak-minded member of our family, I assisted in moving the heavier pots out into the yard for their baths. Tomorrow they will again become houseplants, a status they do not appreciate. Many will drop most of their leaves in protest. Little do they know how much worse it would be if we left them outside.
Jo also blanched and removed the skins from a few tomatoes so she could freeze them. In 20+ years of gardening in Arkansas, this is the first time we've had excess tomatoes in October. Most years, the majority of the plants succumb to the heat and arid conditions of August.
Mystery smell solved: All week we've been catching whiffs of a slightly sweet, slightly acrid smell, but could not figure out its source. On her way out to the brush pile this afternoon, Jo discovered where the smell originated: A large quantity of persimmons have fallen to the ground and fermented. I'm sure Rusty and Bucket would love to clean up the fallen persimmons, but I'd greatly prefer some raccoon, opossum or coyote eat their fill of fermented fruits. Cleaning up after wild critters is not my job.
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Blog post on Hodgepodgery: Trying out the slide in the playground at Sequiota Park in Springfield, MO.Chilling down tonight. 45º F (7º C) @ 3 AM.
Blog post on Nature in the Ozarks: Spider Wasp.
Late Morning:
A beautiful, cloudless, windless fall day going on here. 65º F (18º C) @ noon. I need to get off this computer and get outside to enjoy this wonderful weather.
It seems strange: Here it is Friday and we're not driving to a show. Nor must we set up a booth later this afternoon. Woohoo!
Afternoon:
Jo began the process of migrating our potted plants from the porch to various places inside the house. She washed off their leaves and made room for them inside. In my capacity as the strong-backed, weak-minded member of our family, I assisted in moving the heavier pots out into the yard for their baths. Tomorrow they will again become houseplants, a status they do not appreciate. Many will drop most of their leaves in protest. Little do they know how much worse it would be if we left them outside.
Jo also blanched and removed the skins from a few tomatoes so she could freeze them. In 20+ years of gardening in Arkansas, this is the first time we've had excess tomatoes in October. Most years, the majority of the plants succumb to the heat and arid conditions of August.
Mystery smell solved: All week we've been catching whiffs of a slightly sweet, slightly acrid smell, but could not figure out its source. On her way out to the brush pile this afternoon, Jo discovered where the smell originated: A large quantity of persimmons have fallen to the ground and fermented. I'm sure Rusty and Bucket would love to clean up the fallen persimmons, but I'd greatly prefer some raccoon, opossum or coyote eat their fill of fermented fruits. Cleaning up after wild critters is not my job.
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