Secret Farm: A garden blog

Romanesco?

Where's the freakin' Romanesco already!? Seriously. I read that they take forever, but this is ridiculous. There is not even a hint that any of the 4 plants I have are even thinking of forming a head of anything resembling broccoli. I even started them indoors for crying out loud! All they have done is get gigantic and crush everything in their path, and then fall over in the garden and crush some more stuff. Ok. that's about all the good the bitching is going to do.

Anyone else grown this? Did you have any luck? How freakin' long does it take? Do I have any hope of getting even a tiny underdeveloped floret before the snows come?

Happy Peppers!

Here are a few of the peppers I grew this season. I'm so happy to get some ripe on the vine! At this point in the season though, I'm pulling them before they are totally ripe to let them finish inside. That way more will ripen before the dreaded frost comes!

Pictured are; Jimmy Nardello - the long red one, (they are the best - super sweet!) Alma Paprika - the little reddish orange one, Peruvian Purple Chile - little purple one (they are hottt!), and Sweet Chocolate - reddish brown one (they don't taste like chocolate).

I will grow all of these again next year. Especially the Jimmys - they are so good!

Golden Queen Tomatoes

Best. Tomato. Ever. EVER! These are seriously the best tasting slicers I have ever had. Tangy, sweet, juicy - with an almost mango like texture and hint o' tropical flavor. Mmmmmmm! Now I'm panicking though, because I got these seeds from a neighbor who got them from someone on the internet, and I don't know if I can get any more. I am trying to save seeds from them, but I've never done that before, so we'll see how that goes. Anyone got any tips?

What's your favorite tomato?