His nose is a little underdeveloped, but I had to remove him from his mold because the zip ties started stretching from pressure! There must be an art to this thing. I was able to pry the back mold off immediately, but the face wasn’t budging. I waited about an hour and then tried again. Voila!
I have soooooo got to get the corn mold to try on my yellow zucchini!
Ok, now some of you may find this disturbing on several levels… just plain wrong… but if you’re the type of person whose heart races a little at the thought of a yellow zucchini sporting a man’s face, then Vegiforms are for you.
I strapped Pickle Puss on yesterday and will be checking his growth rate frequently after learning that my friend Weeder’s Vegiform got stuck not once, but twice. Squash tend to grow very quickly. Or did she use eggplant? Anyhoo…
Stay tuned.
Did you know you can download Victory Garden “vodcasts” onto your video iPod? God, I love modern technology…
Ok, now who’s representin’ the West Coast with a gardening video podcast?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/rss/vodcast.xml
(S.F. Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/16/HOG3OL6I3V1.DTL)
(official press release)
$5,000 AWARDED TO
FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA (Sept. 9, 2006) — NatureSweet Tomatoes congratulates Larry Williams of Fair Oaks for winning the $5,000 grand prize at the September 9 Homegrown Tomato Challenge, held at the Raley’s store at 25025 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom. Williams won the competition with his Sweet Million variety of tomatoes.
While Williams can now claim to be one of
Ten finalists were chosen from more than 82 entries. NatureSweet’s distinguished judges included Pat Rubin, Home and Garden columnist at the Sacramento Bee; Michael Marks, TV’s “Your Produce Man”, columnist and celebrity chef; Gwen Schoen, Food Writer for the Sacramento Bee; Julie Watts, KCRA-TV3 Weather Plus Forecaster; and Michael Schutt, Raley’s Produce Merchant.
Winners were chosen based on overall appearance/color tests and Brix testing. Brix tests determine sweetness — the higher the Brix number, the better the taste. The finalists were then taste-tested by the judge’s panel. All surplus tomato entries were donated to the Twin Lakes Food Bank in Folsom after the Challenge.
The Homegrown Tomato Challenge treks across the country as NatureSweet continues to seek out
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Here are a few photos. The winners look happy! Congrats, all!
(Photos courtesy of NatureSweet Tomatoes)
I replanted my little terra cotta teapot and coffee cup with succulents. They look pretty cute and can go longer without water than when I had pansies in them.
Digging Dog Nursery unearths unusual plants Mendocino hideaway’s grounds offer horticultural trip around world
Miriam Owen, Special to The Chronicle
Saturday, September 9, 2006
Demo gardens? A kaleidoscope of Kniphofia colors? A short drive from Mendocino? Sigh…
