Garddio | Gardening

Photo credits: first two by Sitno Seckano, second two by Jo Rosen of Meadowhawk Farm, who also grew these seeds for www.trueloveseeds.com! @sitnoseckano @meadowhawkfarm #rezhamacedonianpepper #macedonianpeppers #macedoniangrillingpepper #vezena #vezenapiperka #vesena #embroideredpeppers #seedkeeping #seedsaving https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MZQm6ACPb/?igshid=1jjo2xcc8xd6k

Dip a spoon into a pot of simmering San Marzano Tomatoes, and you’ll realize you’ve found your forever sauce tomato. Well, using “I” statements: that’s what happened to me. These particular pointy-ended plum tomatoes are grown widely in the volcanic soil of the Salerno province near Naples, Italy - the same province and soil where my great grandmother Rosana “Rose” Lauriello was born. You can find these tomatoes canned in most grocery stores, often from tomatoes grown and canned in Salento. They are listed on the Slow Food Presidia for Italy, where they now have protected status. They became endangered as more and more canneries were using hybrid tomatoes that had higher productivity and more disease resistance. I’ll say this: mine are pumping out fruits and are the healthiest tomato plants in our fields. And their sauce tastes amazingly rich, sweet, and perfectly acidic, with exactly the right texture. I’m no tomato expert - maybe someday I’ll find a sauce tomato I like more - seems many articles have been written about superior canned tomatoes - but for now, this tried and true heirloom from one of my motherlands has earned an all-star spot on my farm for years to come. Finally, tomatoes have a history much deeper than Italy: they are so named from the Nahuatl (Aztec language) word “xitomatl” or “tomatl”; they have been cultivated as food on the land that is now called Mexico since at least around 500 BC; and they originate in western South America. #sanmarzano #sanmarzanotomatoes #pomodorosanmarzano #heirloomtomatoes #arkoftaste #slowfoodpresidia #seedkeeping #seedsaving #trueloveseeds #saucetomates https://www.instagram.com/p/BnMvNMdlluH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hut3n31a39ve

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Blueberry Brown Betty

Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco - Tongue of Fire Bean. Italian bush cranberry beans can be eaten young and green or as shelly beans. I ordered them from Seeds of Italy after reading a Mohegan succotash recipe from my friend Rachel Sayet’s great great uncle Harold Tantaquidgeon in her mom Melissa Tantaquidgeon’s 1994 book “The Lasting of the Mohegans”. The recipe calls for Dwarf Horticultural Beans, which are another type of cranberry bean that came to the US in the 1800s from Italy. Cranberry beans first originated in Colombia, South America. As descendent of Italian immigrants who grew up on Mohegan land, I thought I’d give these beauties a try. #borlottibeans #borlottolinguadifuoco #dwarfhorticultural #dwarffrenchbeans #cargamanto #cargamantobeans #phaseolusvulgaris #seedkeeping #succotash #mohegansuccotash (at Delaware County, Pennsylvania)

Tomato a chillies yn cochi

Found this on someone´s property on my way to finding myself again.

We really don’t use enough chervil. It is such a pretty little herb, tastes great in soups and salads as well as with egg, fish and meat dishes, has anti inflammatory properties, aids digestion, is beneficial for anyone suffering from bladder or kidney disorders and is a great source of potassium, calcium, manganese, magnesium and selenium as well as vitamin B, vitamin C and beta carotene.

The wonderful thing about planter boxes is how much you can grow in a small area. Beds three or four feet wide have space enough for two rows of large plants such as corn, bush beans or peppers. Tomatoes can be spaced two and one-half to three feet apart with the rows staggered. Snap peas can be planted every four inches. High-plant population in the bed keeps weeds crowded out.