June 2, 1997 I planted a garden a couple of months ago, but I forgot to put condoms over the flowers. While I wasn't looking, this tomato plant had SEX with a bee! I know, I know, disgusting. Anyway, now it's pregnant. What should I do?
If you look carefully, you can see the string beans growing along a.... string!
Sep 16, 1997 Those little sprouts in front of me in the above photo are Okra sprouts. I figured they'd get about knee-high (they did LAST time I planted them). Uh huh:
Sep 26, 1997 They just keep getting bigger. I neglected to harvest them for three days, and this is what I got. Compare to my shoe (size 8).
When they're young, they're quite tender. And then at some point they suddenly turn to wood. It must happen fairly quickly, because I find very few inbetween. Surprisingly, despite their size, most of the ones from the box above were quite good. I've been tossing them in a bowl with some curry, hot peppers (from the garden, of course), sea salt, and olive oil. Cover, nuke for 6 minutes, let stand until you remember you were cooking something, and enjoy. Quit yummy if you're not squeemish about slimy stuff.
Fall, 1997 Here's the final harvest tally for summer '97:
- 19 yummy Croockneck Squash.
- 42 pretty good Cucumbers.
- 7 terrible Cantalopes.
- 22 servings of yummy Bush Beans.
- 33 servings of most excellent Pole Beans.
- 94 yummy Roma Tomatos!
- 43 yummy Santiago Tomatos.
- 13 ok Royal Tomatos.
- 19 ok Spitfire Tomatos.
- 20 super sweet ears of Yellow Corn.
- 2 super starchy ears of White Corn.
- 419 most excellent Okra pods (about 30 servings).
- 4 yummy Japanese Eggplant (roasted with a mint-lime sauce).
- Handfulls of zippy Tiny Thai peppers.
- 26 scorching Giant Thai peppers.
- 36 burn-your-hands (literally!) Habeneros.
- 12 Ancho peppers (became chille rellenos).
- 39 Anehiem .peppers (ditto)
- 4 pumkins (pie, pumkin flan, pumkin ravioli, and one seat).
- An endless supply of basil, some mint, some cilantro.