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Transplanted some of my #BokChoy & purple #tomatillo plants into larger pots. These starters are all being picked up this weekend by a few of my regular plant buyers here. There's some folks who get plants from me, every year 👩‍🌾

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Split-screen composition:
Left frame, close-up of bok choy plants in black pots, foregrounded by an out-of-focus thumb giving a thumbs-up gesture.
Right frame, organized group of tomatillo starter plants also in black pots, arranged in a black tray, under open sunlight.

Both shots feature strong contrast of plants against dark soil and pots, with backgrounds of textured concrete and cracked light surfaces.

today i noticed flower buds on the tomato plants. this is record earliness for me, living in zone 5b.

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Closeup of tiny flower buds on a young tomato plant.

it's the time of year when i kick out the tomatoes again. they ended up a bit lanky under the grow light, but they'll branch out when they start getting some sun.

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A cold frame made from two clear plastic tubs, put together like a clamshell. There are tomatoes and peppers inside, and the tubs are held slightly open by a big stick.

Early morning garden harvest - some of my Hungarian lettuce & some grapes.

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Hungarian red lettuce harvested, in a medium sized plastic ice cream container.

Red grapes harvested, on paper towel, in wicker basket.

A few of our #cucumbers are still growing.
Some large Oregon #snowpeas.
Ongoing soil remediation project is making slow & steady progress. Cardboard, topsoil, compost, woody debris, crushed seashells, seaweed, grass cuttings, leaf mulch are all breaking down together nicely.

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A thick, medium length cucumber growing on vine.

A bulbous like cucumber growing on vine.

3 large Oregon snowpeas in my Mom's hand.

Soil remediation & lawn suppression project with sheet mulching method. Potted food plants are on the right.

Morning, mixed #tomatoes #harvest from our backyard. I have maybe 1 or 2 more tomato harvests left for this season.

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A weaved basket filled with freshly harvested cherry tomatoes & mixed heirloom tomatoes.

Two more galia #cantaloupes that I grew & harvested.
These fruit melons are super sweet, juicy & delicious.

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2 freshly harvested galia cantaloupe melons.

This was my first year growing Metallica Tomatoes from the Dwarf Tomato Project. They grow approx 3ft tall but deliver yields like larger cultivars so they're a wonderful choice for smaller spaces.

Metallica is a pink tomato with green stripes, tangy-slightly sweet, 4-16 oz.

I'll definitely grow Metallica Tomatoes again next year.

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This photo shows a Metallica Tomato, a pink and green striped variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project, an initiative described on their website as an “all volunteer world-wide tomato breeding project.” The Metallica tomato is on a weathered wood table with red Big Boy tomatoes in the background. Photo ©Reese Amorosi for GlamorosiCooks.com

I grow food year-round; this is one of our mini-harvests from July.

From our garden: assorted tomatoes and Napolitano basil for Caprese salad plus mint for herbal iced tea. The corn was a generous gift from a friend’s garden; I roasted it in butter with Tajín.

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This photo shows a grouping of tomatoes, herbs and fresh corn on a wooden table. There are assorted shrubs and flowers visible in the background. Photo © Reese Amorosi for GlamorosiCooks.com

This is my grown-from-seed Blue Vervain back in July 2024. She is thriving and blooming and is several feet tall now. The pink flowers in the background are Brompton Stocks.

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This photo shows a young Blue Vervain plant. There are tiny light purple flowers blooming on green spikes. There are also pink Brompton Stocks blooming in the out-of-focus background. The photo was taken in July 2024 ©Reese Amorosi for GlamorosiCooks.com

Morning garden harvest.

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A basket with freshly harvested snow peas, assorted tomatoes, cucumber & container with cherry tomatoes.

Probably the last of my yellow #beans for this season.

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Yellow beans growing & several ready to harvest.

Benefits of work from home days, harvesting from my garden on lunch break 👩‍🌾🍈

My first #galia #cantaloupe #harvest 🥰
It's super juicy, sweet & delicious!

Galia is a type of cantaloupe that's a cross between a cantaloupe & a honeydew. The fruit is light green on the inside, when ripened.

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Holding a freshly harvested galia cantaloupe melon in my left hand.

Galia cantaloupe melon, sliced into 2 halves, on black cutting board. Flesh is light green with lots of seeds in the centre. I'm holding up one of the slices, the one behind slice in the foreground.

Backyard remediation project update.
3rd batch of snowpeas sowed are producing peas. Cucumbers are still coming out. Cherry tomatoes are nearing end of fruiting. More compost, lawn cuttings, leaf mulch & topsoil added to cardboard sheets. The sheets are breaking down slowly now.

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Field cucumber on vine, in my left hand.

Assorted yellow & red cherry tomatoes, on multiple plants.

Food plants on far right in pots & in raised beds & A-frame wood trellis for pea plants to climb. 2 small greenhouses beside the apple tree.
Cardboard sheets, layered on old lawn area, covers over half the photo. Atop the cardboard sheets is compost, lawn cuttings, leaf mulch & topsoil, there's some seaweed underneath the cardboard. The cardboard is weighted down by scrap wood planks. A white bucket is in foreground.

Pretty proud of growing this big #SanMarzano striped #tomato 👩‍🌾

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Holding a large San Marzano tomato. Oval shaped, with pointy bottom. Red with orange stripings.

Toothbrush for scale.
#Jalapeño #peppers #harvested.

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A pink toothbrush on far left for scale. 6 large, freshly harvested jalapeño peppers, are lined up beside the toothbrush, to the right.
All laid on a printed white placemat.

Morning #jalapeño #peppers update. They're pretty big.

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My left hand holding a large, straight, jalapeño pepper, growing outside.

Several large jalapeño peppers, growing outside, in pots.

#Cucamelons aka #MouseMelon aka #Pepquinos are easy to grow & do well in PNW areas. Fruits are size of large grapes & they taste like sour cucumbers. Good for pickling. You can eat them raw, like cucumbers. I like dipping them raw into sea salt with some chopped red chili peppers.

It's native range goes from Mexico to Venezuela. Many people grow it in different areas of the world as a food crop.

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