~Not always Mrs Greenjeans~Proof.Right here:)

 

So some garden chat..I was asked where my tomato plants are 90% here..that's the back of the garage I have trellis on it for my once beautiful clematis.I started loving starting tomatoes from seed and ripped out perennials that were in front of the clematis.Clematis have suffered last 3 yrs tomatoes take over.This was taken from the kitchen gloomy day..I have over 20 huge tomato bushes.And all except 3 have spots all at bottom creeping way up now.

People are so nice and tell me I have a green thumb..because..I only show what works:)

Cleome is a no brainer..everyone grows cleome..this is my prize winning one..I bought a flat..and this one shone compared to the rest.

This was my kale crop..

Let us not forget my Bells of Ireland..

Parsley .. thank goodness in raised bed it's fine.

So there you have it..and I could show you seeds that did not take..but how do you do that? And Calendula always a winner here..I have 3 leaves somewhere.:(

I love my little tomatoes all the varieties..  2 are from Fred one isn't ripe yet..Banana legs..but Red Fig Pear is.

Sweet William and Sun Cherry from Susan yrs ago..

Dancing With Smurfs..Bumblebee Sunrise and White Currant from me..originally from an organic heirloom gardener close by.

All seeds indoors..transplants..dug up by a varmint and replanted.

Oh the struggle this yr!

Still I get a little basket every day now..hope they all ripen.

Made a cake..mini and large..they are pretty but not quite what I expected..soo..

And my fault I bet..Instead of one part AP and one part Oat..I used AP.Had no oat flour.

It didn't taste like the title..

Detroit style pizza.. my sauce my pesto my tomatoes..

I think I'm going back to just not baked in a pan except cast iron..and that's so heavy.. we love free form baked on a stone.

But it was pretty lol and tasty.

However the Air Fryer salmon w/ a side of massaged kale salad (not my kale lol)

Is the bomb.

You need La Grille Maple Bacon Seasoning

It's simply the best.I used to put Smoked Paprika or Herbes De Provence..

This is IT.The BOMB.

Room temp salmon..rub w/ evoo..s and p..and then this magic.

My air fryer pre-heats ..bake at 390 for 7 mins or to your taste.

Dill and Basil still so fine..funny I pinch off ends of basil every day..and look ..more..

Every three days..I make Gaby's vinaigrette ..by the way you can keep this vinaigrette longer in the fridge than she states..IMHO..I do..or Pesto..Love both.

I dried some basil yesterday..not worth it..I find it's the oils in the leaves that are so very fragrant.

We are in a terrible heat wave..

It's rare that it lasts this long.

And not a drop of rain..the back gardens are drooping as the front ones..I can water the small hexagonal bed by hand as well as my tomatoes..the rest??Sad..I mean they are living things too..I feel for them..

These back blooms are usually sky high..  this one is horizontal now and some branches have toppled to the ground in heat exhaustion.

Sometimes you find treasures:)

Have a good week.