Strawberries Are Here!

I went last Friday out to the farm and picked up 3 flats of the most beautiful crimson red strawberries! There is something amazing about a fresh Louisiana strawberry, that the ones in the store don't even come close to! Their dark red color and sweetness are amazing. So I made 4 batches of freezer jam and froze a bag for smoothies later and still had a whole flat to munch on! I am in strawberry heaven! If any one wants to go get their own I get them from Hillcrest Blueberry Farms down in Dosoto Parish and they are going for $25 a flat and $15 a half flat and they are so worth it!

Germination Update

Germinating is going well. I have 2 pepper seeds up and I am going to start germinating some more tomato seeds today too!

Heirloom Garden

I'm sick of Monsanto and their GMOs taking over my food, so this year I'm taking it back. Last fall I started doing research into growing Heirloom veggies. Heirlooms are veggies and seeds that have been saved and passed down from generation to generation instead of modified or engineered in a lab. I just love the idea of this folksy food! I ordered a seed catalog from Baker Creek and when I got it this spring I couldn't help but salivate over all the pages of delicious veggies. So I placed my order and vowed that this years garden would be all heirlooms. Here is what I will be trying to grow:

Six-Week Purple Hull Cowpea
Japanese Pickling Eggplant
Rocky Top Lettuce Mix
Red Belgian Peppers
German Red Strawberry Tomatoes
Roma Tomato
Yellow Icicle Tomato
Golden Cal Wonder Peppers
Fife Creek Cowhorn Okra
Zucchini Squash - Black Beauty

The germination and revolution starts today!

You can order Heirloom seeds from Baker Creek at rareseeds.com