Friday's Aquaponics: July 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

2012/07/18 - Enjoying the produce

Not much to say this time. Things have gotten terribly busy and I haven't spent as much time in the garden as I'd like. But the tomatoes and cucumber have been wonderful.

We oven-roasted some tomatoes:

We used those and our basil to make a marinara sauce, and have had homemade pizza several nights.

We've also been enjoying snacks of fresh, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers:

I just love to look at the lemon cucumbers. Fiance took this picture. Isn't it beautiful?

We're getting married in a few months. This weekend we're going to try making a bruschetta topping from our garden and freezing it, then thaw it in a week or two and see if it's still good. If so, we'll be feeding 100+ guests an appetizer from our own garden. Yippee!

Sunday, July 8, 2012

2012/07/08 - A bountiful harvest

Just pictures this time. They really are worth a thousand words. :-)

Monday, July 2, 2012

2012/07/01 - Tomatoes going wild

I've got pics from 6/25 and 7/1 to share here! The lettuce and tomatoes are in full swing, and we're finally in our "salad days" I guess. lol The regular cucumber vine only produced two fruit, but we've got a lemon cucumber we picked yesterday, and it has a few more fruit growing. I don't think the armenian cucumber is going to produce this year.
Lettuce is totally insane, and I'm feeding some to the fish to try to stay ahead of it.
Bell peppers are ripening. Brussels sprouts are huge leafy plants, but don't seem to be putting out their mini-cabbages yet. We get a strawberry or two each week. Cilantro has gone to seed, so it's now officially being called coriander.

Okay, on to the pictures!

First the set from 6/25:

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