Greetings all from chilly Tennessee. So much for warm weather. The cold front made its way across our fair state yesterday-down in the 40’s with a brisk cold wind. Brrrr!!!
Been enjoying the comments regarding backyard chickens. We have friends down south of Nashville-out in the sticks. They have been raising chickens. Got a call a few weeks back. They were wanting to know if I would like to help them um “process” them. Hah! I said “say what? You mean kill slaughter and fix for eatin’ ?” lol. So tomorrow I get to learn how live chickens get from the farm to Kroger. Ought to be an experience!!! I figure-regardless of how messy it may be-it seems like a good skill to learn in these times.
The yard and garden need so much work. So many weeds to pull, borders to re-do, planting, tilling, mulching, fixing.... just have to keep at it and be patient. Going to start tomatoes indoors this weekend. Going to grow “Celebrity” and “Mortgage Lifter” tomatoes. I’m also going to take J Random Freeper’s advice and plant a lot of Romas. We struggle so with fungal/blight problems with tomatoes.
Sure enjoy this thread. Enjoy hearing about everyones struggles and successes.
Hubby love the mortgage lifter. He likes to just make one big slice that covers the bread on his sandwich. I like mine for salads and tacos, so size isn’t that big a deal.
I don’t like to have a leftover tomato, because they loose so much texture and flavor in the frig. So I always go for the smaller ones and use the whole thing.
Forgot to tell you - I was just trying to talk my daughter into helping process some chickens. We have a farm south of us that sells free range chickens to the public.
They will give you a discount if you come and help with the processing. I figured someone else in the family could do it, and I could buy them and raise them and then split them. LOL.
Roma tomatoes are in our little greenhouse and will occupy half of one of our raised beds. The Romas are a key ingredient in Pasta Putantesca.