Grow Lettuce Grow: and i call him, BIG RED.....

(german johnson pink)

i didn't mean to pick him. he came off the vine when i was trying to clear out the three other big boys that the squirrels had decimated. i put him in the window with the other early picked tomatoes to ripen. (your really rolling the dice out there if you leave any orange on the vines for the squirrels to see.) i'm sure he would be more tasty if left on the vine, however a "not as tasty" tomato is better than no tomato at all. and, when all was said and done (as seen above), he had no trouble coming into his own in the safe and sound confines of the kitchen.

in other news, it's been a weird summer in regards to our travel schedule. normally we rarely go anywhere, and hardly does anyone come visit us. but, for the past year or so, it seems that's all we do. we hosted folks for thanksgiving and easter, my sister visited, we went to both memphis and chicago for extended weekends, spent over a week up north in michigan, my mommy is coming to visit next month (which is awesome 'cuz she hasn't seen any of the places i've lived in over 10 years, and has never met mr. keebs..), and i just now planned a trip out to portland for next month as well. this makes it somewhat difficult to keep tabs on posting, and with all the coming and going, makes it near impossible to track our household food spending, yet again, steering me off track with my 3G project. but, what i do have for you at the moment is a tally of food harvested from my little backyard garden ranging from the dates 7/21 - 8/9, along with a few pix from along the way.