The Little Green Frog

Ramblings of my motherhood experience with knitting and other projects thrown in.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

eggs and tomatoes

So I don't think I ever mentioned that Tonks (the americauna) started laying eggs. Her eggs are a green color and darken up when they go in the fridge. We've probably gotten a dozen or so eggs from her since she started laying.

Honestly it could be more, I've lost count and we've given some away already.

Well this morning, Luna layed her first egg. It was a peachy color. Very different than Buckbeak, as her's are brown speckled.

I'm excited that all my girls are laying and can't wait to start making more then scrambled eggs with them.

We planted 4 tomato plants this year, 1 beafsteak variety and 3 regulars. One of the regular ones is now over 5 ft tall, closer to 6 feet and the other 2 regulars are around 5 ft tall. The beafsteak is a short guy around 3ft. The tomatoes off of the tallest plant are actually bigger then the beafsteak.
I think because of our wierd summer, most of the tomatoes are still green, but we do get about a dozen tomatoes off the plants a week. And they are still blooming. I think I need to cut the flowers so that I can further along the fruit that is already growing. Anyone know? I really don't want to have a bunch of green tomatoes before fall hits. I've heard that I can cut off the green ones and put them in a bag in a dark place to help ripen them? What about fruit flies? what if I forget where they're at? Okay I'd probably remember where cause there'd be flies everywhere.

Anyways, this morning we are having tomato omlettes with homegrown eggs and tomatoes :)

It's all good.

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1 Comments:

  • At 6:21 PM, Blogger Allison said…

    You can cut the whole vine off and hang it in a window and have vine ripened. :) I have defective chickens. Seriously, not one egg at all. Joe says all 8 of them are going to be soup soon if they don't start laying. Lol

     

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