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Originally Posted by cheebacheeba
Cherry tomatoes are great for salads and stirfries, eh?
I oike to use 'em pretty fresh, mainly uncooked so they have that awesome crunch going on...they pack a great concentrated flavour too.
You guys ought to try import some KUMATO seeds...I spoke about this a while ago, they're some crossbred tomato like thing that has a purple/brown colour, but the nicest flavour of all the tomatoes I've tried.
Ha, when I start I'll let you know man.
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I love tomatoes. Salads are a staple in my diet, so to be able to grow my own stuff and throw them I'm my salad just makes me so much more proud to be eating healthy. I will eat any vegetable except for mushrooms, the texture just grosses me out. I think I am going to do squash, gourds and pumpkins this year. They sell really well at our farmer's market and squash is one of my favourite vegetables. I'll bake one for a family meal, eat it as a snack and use the leftovers for either soup the next day or a pie (with the pumpkin pie seasoning you can't even tell the difference).
I looked up growing tea just now, and I'm really excited to start that. I'll order the seeds when I order my louffa seeds. Apparently I can just plant them in pots and then bring them indoors during the winter. They need to be 3 years old before you can use the leaves, but if I plant 3 I can have 1 for green tea, 1 for Oolong and one for black tea. I've already got the making of several herbal teas, and I want to start a Bergamot plant so I can make Earl Grey tea. I'll never have to buy tea again.
@milktoaste Thanks for the advice. I've always had a green thumb, and affinity for nature so I get what you mean by know the plant. I've got this cactus going that belonged to my great-great-grandpa. It's been handed down all the way to me, and as it buds I keep starting new ones to up my chances of having a surviving plant for one of my kids. Other people in my family (my aunts, and even my mom's is dying) have been trying to start new ones and I'm the only one who seems to be able to get it. I'm like a plant whisperer.