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Tag Archives: cherry tomatoes
Saturday Spotlight: My Favorite AAS Veggies
This is the latest in a series of posts that I’ve done about my favorite varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs we grow at Happy Acres. To see my other Spotlights, and those from other garden bloggers, visit the Variety Spotlights … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Spotlight
Tagged #AASWinners, AAS, cherry tomatoes, eggplant, green beans, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, winter squash
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Planning for the 2015 Garden
For me, part of the fun in gardening is researching and deciding what I will grow in the upcoming year. In addition to looking at seed catalogs and online listings, I also make notes of interesting varieties that other gardeners … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged broccoli, cherry tomatoes, dry beans, hot peppers, paste tomatoes, pole beans, snap beans, summer squash, tomatoes, winter squash
18 Comments
My Five Favorite Ways to Preserve Tomatoes
For many gardeners, nothing says summer any better than vine-ripened tomatoes. And even if you don’t grow them yourself, this time of year great tasting tomatoes are readily available from farmer’s markets and roadside stands. While homegrown fresh tomatoes are … Continue reading
Posted in Preserving, Recipes
Tagged cherry tomatoes, green tomatoes, homemade, paste tomatoes, salsa, tomato sauce, Vitamix
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Vegetable List For 2014
Every year when winter arrives I like to sit down and look at garden catalogs and start planning for what I will grow in the coming garden year. I also like to look at the records and notes for the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged beans, cherry tomatoes, dry beans, hot peppers, paste tomatoes, summer squash, sweet peppers, tomatoes, winter squash
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Baked Cherry Tomatoes
This simple side dish pairs tomatoes with a couple of their natural companions: garlic and basil. The tomatoes are tossed with olive oil and garlic plus a little salt and pepper and quickly baked until the skins start to shrivel … Continue reading

