Mike Nolan
I'm hoping this is the first of many, otherwise these will be really expensive tomatoes!
I picked a lovely 2.15 ounce tomato this afternoon, not sure yet how we're going to use it.
Found several more tiny tomatoes and a couple of not-so-tiny ones, including this one hiding in the forest:
It was pizza night here.
I'm seeing reports that wholesale prices for eggs in the midwest are running $7.03 a dozen. Ouch!
We had a rotisserie chicken before going to see Moulin Rouge the Musical tonight. Great show!
If I'm reading the news right, both Mexico and Canada have been given a 30 day pause on tariffs in return for some promises on other issues (Mexico will try to deal with fentanyl smuggling), so it may be more of a negotiating tactic.
I haven't been back to that store to check on it, and maybe I misread it, but it was right across from the case where large eggs were about $4.98/dozen.
I did spot one Defiance tomato today, still about pea sized, but if there's one, there should be more soon.
It'll probably be 3-4 weeks before those Better Bush tomatoes start to ripen, I'm also quite curious as to how they'll taste. I haven't spotted any more, but the 5 I spotted over the weekend were probably there for several days before I focused in on them. Still lots of blooms on the other variety (Defiance) but haven't spotted any fruit yet.
I'm still making up my list of seeds to start late next month for the outdoor garden, but I will be dropping First Lady II and adding Defiance to the list. I need to find some more Italian Heirloom seeds, I haven't seen any in a couple of years at the garden stores, but I haven't made the rounds of the garden stores and other seed racks yet. I may have enough for 2025 but they're probably 2022 seeds so the germination rate may be lower. I also need to order leek plants from Johnny's.
CNBC had two interesting news items regarding eggs. Apparently egg hijacking is starting to become an issue, an egg producer in PA had a trailer full of eggs (100K eggs worth $40K) stolen.
Also, Waffle House has started adding an 'egg surcharge' to restaurant bills.
I saw a an 18 pack of eggs at Super Saver the other day for $12.98, I'm hoping that was a pricing error and not a trend.
We had vegetable soup again last night.
We finished off the meatloaf tonight.
Given the jungle that's growing, using a brush or the little vibrator that Aerogarden sold on every bloom would be very tedious, I'm not sure I can even reach them all! I ran across a video where the idea of shaking the plants was suggested, and that seems to have worked.
Tomatoes are supposed to be self-pollinating, as each flower has both a male and female part, but they probably rely on wind at least as much as on pollinators to move the pollen around. I've got a fan going on the plants during the day but I think shaking them may be more effective, so that's now part of my daily routine. I've been needing to add between a gallon and a gallon and a half of water every day for the past month or two. So I shake them several times a day now, including just before and after I check the water level. Then I go do some exercises on the home gym equipment that's also downstairs. 🙂
I still see Bob's Organic Buckwheat Cereal advertised on Amazon, as well as
Pocono Organic Cream of Buckwheat Cereal (3x13 oz.)
