Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

[Guest guest]

She could have added, " ...and live long, healthy, productive lives, making

wonderful contributions to the world at large, because these people don't hoard

all the good stuff for themselves. "

 

I just planted some Siberian Kale, lemon cucumbers, and English Breakfast Radish

in my City Picker. Now the hard part...waiting for those little tiny shoots to

show themselves!

 

Good for you, Melody! There's nothing like eating a meal that you've grown

yourself!

 

Peggy

 

yes...it's worth planting basil for the smell alone - but do try the Pesto - it

is to die for, I promise! And try it with the pine nuts. I've never done it with

sunflower seeds, but the pine nuts are so good (albeit expensive!!) A good way

to freeze the pesto is to put a couple tablespoonsful in each cell of a plastic

ice cube tray. I have one that has its own cover and it is awesome! I use it a

lot for freezing almond milk, but froze watermelon slush last week and used it

for an afternoon smoothie with almond milk, agave (it wasn't a very good melon

to begin with), and a couple of peaches. Very refreshing.

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 2:59 PM

Subject: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

And I grew everything except for the grape tomatoes.

And the basil?? OMG, the smell of the basil in the salad.

And I just watched the news and they had a report out of Los Angeles about some

BIG highway being closed for the weekend.

Do you want to hear what the stupid newswoman said to the camera?

She said (in a very know it all kind of way)

" Oh, not to worry, I bet most folks will stay home, eat their alfalfa sprouts

and do yoga "

I wanted to slap her silly.

lol

Melody

[Guest guest]

I said as much to Alan. I said " Wouldn't it have been great if I learned all

this 30 years ago?? " He said: " yeah, but we're doing good now "

Oh, I have a comment on the French Garden mix that I've been using. It was the

sprouts that were in my salad tonight.

I'm glad I tried it because I like trying new things. However, next time I buy

sprouts I'm sticking with the 3 part Salad mix from Handypantry.com

I'll tell you why. When I first started sprouting I tried all microgreens and I

tried Clover. I did not like Clover, not because of the taste but because of the

way it looks. It looks like cellophane. I remember noticing this about 2 years

ago and I never bought clover any more.

There is clover and dill and various other new things in the French Garden Mix.

I mean it's okay but it doesn't resemble my other sprouts when they are

finished. My other sprouts (radish, broccoli, fenugreek,etc, well, when they

sprout up to the top, they look different then the French Garden.

I'm doing 6 trays right now and I added broccoli to the French Garden so they

will look a bit different.

For my next batch of sprouts (perhaps in 3 or 4 days or so), I'll use the French

Mix and I'll add some broccoli and fenugreek to it. That should give an

appearance that is more sprouty (if there is such a word), and not too much

cloverish (if you know what I mean).

I guess I just prefer my former sprout mixture better than the French Garden.

But tonight's salad was to die for. All those colors!!

Yum

I think I'll start experimenting by sprouting my seeds together with my lentils.

Never did that before.

Hope all of you are doing well.

Melody

>

> She could have added, " ...and live long, healthy, productive lives, making

wonderful contributions to the world at large, because these people don't hoard

all the good stuff for themselves. "

>  

> I just planted some Siberian Kale, lemon cucumbers, and English Breakfast

Radish in my City Picker. Now the hard part...waiting for those little tiny

shoots to show themselves!

>  

> Good for you, Melody! There's nothing like eating a meal that you've grown

yourself!

>  

> Peggy

>  

> yes...it's worth planting basil for the smell alone - but do try the Pesto -

it is to die for, I promise! And try it with the pine nuts. I've never done it

with sunflower seeds, but the pine nuts are so good (albeit expensive!!) A good

way to freeze the pesto is to put a couple tablespoonsful in each cell of a

plastic ice cube tray. I have one that has its own cover and it is awesome! I

use it a lot for freezing almond milk, but froze watermelon slush last week and

used it for an afternoon smoothie with almond milk, agave (it wasn't a very good

melon to begin with), and a couple of peaches. Very refreshing.

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 2:59 PM

> Subject: Look at the salad I made tonight

>

>

>  

>

> And I grew everything except for the grape tomatoes.

>

> And the basil?? OMG, the smell of the basil in the salad.

>

>

>

> And I just watched the news and they had a report out of Los Angeles about

some BIG highway being closed for the weekend.

>

> Do you want to hear what the stupid newswoman said to the camera?

>

> She said (in a very know it all kind of way)

>

> " Oh, not to worry, I bet most folks will stay home, eat their alfalfa sprouts

and do yoga "

>

> I wanted to slap her silly.

>

> lol

>

> Melody

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi.

My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my sprout

salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes were all

different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like mixing it up

in my salads.

Maybe when I'm 90, I'll be a salad expert?

Hope all is well at your end. My friend told me " it's going to hit 100 on

Monday " . I said " are you kidding'?

Thank god I have my cooling sprout system. Haven't lost a sprout yet.

Take care

Mel

> >

> > She could have added, " ...and live long, healthy, productive lives, making

wonderful contributions to the world at large, because these people don't hoard

all the good stuff for themselves. "

> >  

> > I just planted some Siberian Kale, lemon cucumbers, and English Breakfast

Radish in my City Picker. Now the hard part...waiting for those little tiny

shoots to show themselves!

> >  

> > Good for you, Melody! There's nothing like eating a meal that you've grown

yourself!

> >  

> > Peggy

> >  

> > yes...it's worth planting basil for the smell alone - but do try the Pesto -

it is to die for, I promise! And try it with the pine nuts. I've never done it

with sunflower seeds, but the pine nuts are so good (albeit expensive!!) A good

way to freeze the pesto is to put a couple tablespoonsful in each cell of a

plastic ice cube tray. I have one that has its own cover and it is awesome! I

use it a lot for freezing almond milk, but froze watermelon slush last week and

used it for an afternoon smoothie with almond milk, agave (it wasn't a very good

melon to begin with), and a couple of peaches. Very refreshing.

> >

> > From: Melody <eliz7212@>

> > To: sproutpeople

> > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 2:59 PM

> > Subject: Look at the salad I made tonight

> >

> >

> >  

> >

> > And I grew everything except for the grape tomatoes.

> >

> > And the basil?? OMG, the smell of the basil in the salad.

> >

> >

> >

> > And I just watched the news and they had a report out of Los Angeles about

some BIG highway being closed for the weekend.

> >

> > Do you want to hear what the stupid newswoman said to the camera?

> >

> > She said (in a very know it all kind of way)

> >

> > " Oh, not to worry, I bet most folks will stay home, eat their alfalfa

sprouts and do yoga "

> >

> > I wanted to slap her silly.

> >

> > lol

> >

> > Melody

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Mel, if you have a farmer's market anywhere near you you really should go and

get some locally grown tomatoes. You can truly not believe the difference in

taste between those and the ones that you get at the regular markets that have

been shipped thousands of miles before they get to you. They pick the shipped

tomatoes when they are still green and then have to fill the shipping container

with ethylene gas to make them turn red. (I think that they still taste green at

that point but that is when they sell them to you in the store.) I think a real

tomato taste would probably nock your socks off. If you could find a food coop

that might help you get access to more local food and think about what resource

you would be to them. You could teach people how to grow safe, healthy sprouts.

This year I am growing: red jelly bean, sun gold, green zebra, big rainbow,

black cherry, black krim and maybe one or two other varieties that I can't

remember right now. My tomato plants are standing five and a half feet tall and

are loaded down with green tomatoes. I am still two to three weeks away from my

first ripe fruit and getting very impatient. Then my tomato orgy will begin

again. This is what my tomato bed looked like yesterday, looking down from the

deck; http://bit.ly/nAC9AP

For all the Michigan people who have been posting, I'm in Kentwood, a burb on

the south side of Grand Rapids.

Lee

> Hi.

>

> My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my sprout

salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

>

> I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes were

all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like mixing it

up in my salads.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I second that recommendation of getting some garden or farm fresh local

tomatoes.

Our CSA Farm (community supported agriculture), has tomatoes now as does a local

farmer we support. So we are having tomatoes at almost every meal. They smell

great and you can taste the sun in them.

Take some of that lovely basil, add some tomato slices, a little extra virgin

olive oil, and for me, a dash of balsamic vinegar, and wow, what a treat.

Better yet, put that on a sandwich with sprouts and it is delish!

We are also harvesting cherry tomatoes from our aerogarden. They are sweet and

tasty like garden tomatoes.

I cannot stand the tomatoes you get at the supermarket-no smell, no taste, no

character.

The only time I eat tomatoes is in Summer. Now that we have the aerogarden, I

will eat thos tomatoes too.

n

Dr. Rollings

NJ Licensed Psychologist #4686

www.DrnRollings.com

Sent from my iPad

> Mel, if you have a farmer's market anywhere near you you really should go and

get some locally grown tomatoes. You can truly not believe the difference in

taste between those and the ones that you get at the regular markets that have

been shipped thousands of miles before they get to you. They pick the shipped

tomatoes when they are still green and then have to fill the shipping container

with ethylene gas to make them turn red. (I think that they still taste green at

that point but that is when they sell them to you in the store.) I think a real

tomato taste would probably nock your socks off. If you could find a food coop

that might help you get access to more local food and think about what resource

you would be to them. You could teach people how to grow safe, healthy sprouts.

> This year I am growing: red jelly bean, sun gold, green zebra, big rainbow,

black cherry, black krim and maybe one or two other varieties that I can't

remember right now. My tomato plants are standing five and a half feet tall and

are loaded down with green tomatoes. I am still two to three weeks away from my

first ripe fruit and getting very impatient. Then my tomato orgy will begin

again. This is what my tomato bed looked like yesterday, looking down from the

deck; http://bit.ly/nAC9AP

> For all the Michigan people who have been posting, I'm in Kentwood, a burb on

the south side of Grand Rapids.

> Lee

>

>

>

> > Hi.

> >

> > My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my

sprout salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

> >

> > I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes were

all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like mixing it

up in my salads.

> >

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Mel,

Here's a thought. We you go into the store, ask where the tomatoes were grown.

They will tell you. It will be California or South America. Maybe Mexico. See

how far you food travels. I have only 11 tomato plants this year. If I knew how

to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

ew

Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

Mel, if you have a farmer's market anywhere near you you really should go and

get some locally grown tomatoes. You can truly not believe the difference in

taste between those and the ones that you get at the regular markets that have

been shipped thousands of miles before they get to you. They pick the shipped

tomatoes when they are still green and then have to fill the shipping container

with ethylene gas to make them turn red. (I think that they still taste green at

that point but that is when they sell them to you in the store.) I think a real

tomato taste would probably nock your socks off. If you could find a food coop

that might help you get access to more local food and think about what resource

you would be to them. You could teach people how to grow safe, healthy sprouts.

This year I am growing: red jelly bean, sun gold, green zebra, big rainbow,

black cherry, black krim and maybe one or two other varieties that I can't

remember right now. My tomato plants are standing five and a half feet tall and

are loaded down with green tomatoes. I am still two to three weeks away from my

first ripe fruit and getting very impatient. Then my tomato orgy will begin

again. This is what my tomato bed looked like yesterday, looking down from the

deck; http://bit.ly/nAC9AP

For all the Michigan people who have been posting, I'm in Kentwood, a burb on

the south side of Grand Rapids.

Lee

> Hi.

>

> My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my

sprout salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

>

> I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes were

all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like mixing it

up in my salads.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi.

I wish we did have a farmers market near us. We don't so I have to rely on what

I have to rely on. If I can afford it, I'll buy organic, if not, I make do and

clean it thoroughly. The only farmers market we can ever go to is when Alan has

a doctor's appointment on 14th Street in NYC. I believe they have the market on

Wednesday.

But that's the best we can do as far as farmers markets are concerned.

And look what I just did.

I want to have all my sprout supplies, my sprouting trays, my soaking stuff, my

seeds, ALL IN THE SAME PLACE for easy reach.

I think I created a good workable system (for the summer anyway).

Take a look. comments will be appreciated. lol

I really do have everything going at once so that's cool!!!

And I replied to Kate showing her what the French Garden mix looks like when

it's greening. I haven't seen that post come up yet.

But my french garden is in this video. They came out great. I do like them,

don't get me wrong. I just would never eat Clover sprouts all by themselves.

That's what I should have made clear.

French mix is good.

Melody

> >

> > > Hi.

> > >

> > > My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my

sprout salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

> > >

> > > I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes

were all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like

mixing it up in my salads.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

> If I knew how to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called Dropbox.

You sign up for an account, download the application, when you open the

application you'll log in with the email and password you used when you signed

up (I might be off on the sequence of events since I did this a long time ago).

After that is done you will have a folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your

file system, I'm on a mac it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or

Linux file systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you put any

picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the " Public " folder you

right click on the file you want to share and when you go to the " dropbox " item

in the menu you will have the option to " copy public link " that will copy the

link to that file to your clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are

good to go. I like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I

don't have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry if

anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do 'windowsspeak' or

'linuxspeak'.

If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your dropbox

as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it is my birthday

tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be to max out my dropbox

free space.

Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Lee,

 

Wow! Your tomato bed looks wonderful. I lived in Boyne City from 1950-60 and

went to Ferris from 55-59. I have relatives in the Allegan area. We always had

fresh garden tomatoes and I could always eat a bushel of them! In those years,

we never saw anything like a cherry or grape tomato - ours were the big slicing

kind where the juice would run down your face if you took a bite out of a whole

one. I was raised until 1950 in a suburb of Chicago and well remember my Dad and

the next door neighbor each trying to have the first ripe tomato of the summer.

My girlfriend and I would watch and as soon as one in my Dad's garden was ripe,

we'd pick it, sneak a salt shaker out of the house, and have ourselves a feast!

What wonderful memories. When I first came to California in 1960, you couldn't

get a decent tomato unless you grew it yourself. Now we have good ones

everywhere. At my local farmer's market yesterday, I got some purple cherry-size

tomatoes that are

wonderful! I didn't ask the name of them, but they are delicious! Remind me of

the big heirloom ones that I think are called wine. I'm going to plant one

or two and see if I can get some plants of my own. My volunteer tomatoes seem to

do very well in the Earth boxes.

 

Enjoy your bountiful crop!

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:04 AM

Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

Mel, if you have a farmer's market anywhere near you you really should go and

get some locally grown tomatoes. You can truly not believe the difference in

taste between those and the ones that you get at the regular markets that have

been shipped thousands of miles before they get to you. They pick the shipped

tomatoes when they are still green and then have to fill the shipping container

with ethylene gas to make them turn red. (I think that they still taste green at

that point but that is when they sell them to you in the store.) I think a real

tomato taste would probably nock your socks off. If you could find a food coop

that might help you get access to more local food and think about what resource

you would be to them. You could teach people how to grow safe, healthy sprouts.

This year I am growing: red jelly bean, sun gold, green zebra, big rainbow,

black cherry, black krim and maybe one or two other varieties that I can't

remember right now. My tomato plants are standing five and a half feet tall and

are loaded down with green tomatoes. I am still two to three weeks away from my

first ripe fruit and getting very impatient. Then my tomato orgy will begin

again. This is what my tomato bed looked like yesterday, looking down from the

deck; http://bit.ly/nAC9AP

For all the Michigan people who have been posting, I'm in Kentwood, a burb on

the south side of Grand Rapids.

Lee

> Hi.

>

> My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my sprout

salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

>

> I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes were

all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like mixing it

up in my salads.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Melody,

 

Is there any reason you couldn't grow tomatoes with your basil? Or maybe

somewhere else on the property? I think it would be worth a try. My tomato

plants give me volunteers for the next year when one falls off the vine and I

don't notice to pick it up. You could try planting a small tomato or two and see

what happens!

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:26 AM

Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

Hi.

I wish we did have a farmers market near us. We don't so I have to rely on what

I have to rely on. If I can afford it, I'll buy organic, if not, I make do and

clean it thoroughly. The only farmers market we can ever go to is when Alan has

a doctor's appointment on 14th Street in NYC. I believe they have the market on

Wednesday.

But that's the best we can do as far as farmers markets are concerned.

And look what I just did.

I want to have all my sprout supplies, my sprouting trays, my soaking stuff, my

seeds, ALL IN THE SAME PLACE for easy reach.

I think I created a good workable system (for the summer anyway).

Take a look. comments will be appreciated. lol

I really do have everything going at once so that's cool!!!

And I replied to Kate showing her what the French Garden mix looks like when

it's greening. I haven't seen that post come up yet.

But my french garden is in this video. They came out great. I do like them,

don't get me wrong. I just would never eat Clover sprouts all by themselves.

That's what I should have made clear.

French mix is good.

Melody

> >

> > > Hi.

> > >

> > > My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my

sprout salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

> > >

> > > I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes

were all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like

mixing it up in my salads.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this info, Lee. I'm trying to d/l the program right now, but having a

little difficulty. Hope I can get it to work. This sounds awesome!

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:24 AM

Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

> If I knew how to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called Dropbox.

You sign up for an account, download the application, when you open the

application you'll log in with the email and password you used when you signed

up (I might be off on the sequence of events since I did this a long time ago).

After that is done you will have a folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your

file system, I'm on a mac it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or

Linux file systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you put any

picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the " Public " folder you

right click on the file you want to share and when you go to the " dropbox " item

in the menu you will have the option to " copy public link " that will copy the

link to that file to your clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are

good to go. I like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I

don't have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry if

anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do 'windowsspeak' or

'linuxspeak'.

If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your dropbox

as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it is my birthday

tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be to max out my dropbox

free space.

Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Peggy,

There are several tomatoes with the wine name. Just the name wine

is a lovely red fruit which weights about 6 ounces and is great for slicing on

your sandwich. Yellow wine is a giant fruit that grows to look like three

tomatoes on one stem. It has a sweet taste. It is low acidic and the taste might

surprise. There's a pink and a black. I currently have a Black wine in my

garden. They grow to about 4 or 5 ounces. Perfectly round and so, so tasty. BTW,

all of these plants grow over 6 foot and spread into a three foot circle.

ew

Re: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

Lee,

Wow! Your tomato bed looks wonderful. I lived in Boyne City from 1950-60 and

went to Ferris from 55-59. I have relatives in the Allegan area. We always had

fresh garden tomatoes and I could always eat a bushel of them! In those years,

we never saw anything like a cherry or grape tomato - ours were the big slicing

kind where the juice would run down your face if you took a bite out of a whole

one. I was raised until 1950 in a suburb of Chicago and well remember my Dad and

the next door neighbor each trying to have the first ripe tomato of the summer.

My girlfriend and I would watch and as soon as one in my Dad's garden was ripe,

we'd pick it, sneak a salt shaker out of the house, and have ourselves a feast!

What wonderful memories. When I first came to California in 1960, you couldn't

get a decent tomato unless you grew it yourself. Now we have good ones

everywhere. At my local farmer's market yesterday, I got some purple cherry-size

tomatoes that are

wonderful! I didn't ask the name of them, but they are delicious! Remind me of

the big heirloom ones that I think are called wine. I'm going to plant one

or two and see if I can get some plants of my own. My volunteer tomatoes seem to

do very well in the Earth boxes.

Enjoy your bountiful crop!

Peggy

[Guest guest]

There's a GOOD reason. I'm a tenant. No one grows anything in the front of their

houses.

They do grow stuff in the backyard and yeah, they share it with me. But I think

they use pesticides so none of it is organic.

I'm happy with the way things are. I can't complain over nothing. It's no big

thing. I get to make my stuff in my kitchen and that makes me smile.

Melody

> > >

> > > > Hi.

> > > >

> > > > My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my

sprout salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

> > > >

> > > > I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes

were all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like

mixing it up in my salads.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

I wonder what kind those are? Now thanks to E.W. I have to put Black wine

on my list to grow next year. Us tomato people are a strange bunch. I'm growing

one called Black Cherry that is super productive and tasty, the fruit is about

twice the size of a regular sized cherry about one and a half inches across. I

keep saying that I need more land. For the grow your own type, you can get six

packs of heirloom tomato seeds for the price of a s.a.s.e. at

http://wintersown.org

Lee

> At my local farmer's market yesterday, I got some purple cherry-size tomatoes

that are

> wonderful! I didn't ask the name of them, but they are delicious!

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that info, EW. I took Lee's recommendation and d/loaded Dropbox. I'm

going to try a mini-Melody and see if I can get you a picture of the tomatoes

I'm talking about. I'd love to know the name of them (which I can get from the

farmer at next week's market).

Ahhh...I didn't make it with Dropbox, but you can see the pics if you click on

the attachments. The color isn't exactly right. I should have put some red ones

in the mix so you could see the difference. Anyway, these are delicious little

morsels. Would love to grow some.

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:54 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

Peggy,

There are several tomatoes with the wine name. Just the name wine is

a lovely red fruit which weights about 6 ounces and is great for slicing on your

sandwich. Yellow wine is a giant fruit that grows to look like three

tomatoes on one stem. It has a sweet taste. It is low acidic and the taste might

surprise. There's a pink and a black. I currently have a Black wine in my

garden. They grow to about 4 or 5 ounces. Perfectly round and so, so tasty. BTW,

all of these plants grow over 6 foot and spread into a three foot circle.

ew

Re: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

Lee,

Wow! Your tomato bed looks wonderful. I lived in Boyne City from 1950-60 and

went to Ferris from 55-59. I have relatives in the Allegan area. We always had

fresh garden tomatoes and I could always eat a bushel of them! In those years,

we never saw anything like a cherry or grape tomato - ours were the big slicing

kind where the juice would run down your face if you took a bite out of a whole

one. I was raised until 1950 in a suburb of Chicago and well remember my Dad and

the next door neighbor each trying to have the first ripe tomato of the summer.

My girlfriend and I would watch and as soon as one in my Dad's garden was ripe,

we'd pick it, sneak a salt shaker out of the house, and have ourselves a feast!

What wonderful memories. When I first came to California in 1960, you couldn't

get a decent tomato unless you grew it yourself. Now we have good ones

everywhere. At my local farmer's market yesterday, I got some purple cherry-size

tomatoes that are

wonderful! I didn't ask the name of them, but they are delicious! Remind me of

the big heirloom ones that I think are called wine. I'm going to plant one

or two and see if I can get some plants of my own. My volunteer tomatoes seem to

do very well in the Earth boxes.

Enjoy your bountiful crop!

Peggy

[Guest guest]

Sorry, I thought your landlord planted the basil in the front boxes next to the

steps. I must have missed something.

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 2:24 PM

Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

There's a GOOD reason. I'm a tenant. No one grows anything in the front of their

houses.

They do grow stuff in the backyard and yeah, they share it with me. But I think

they use pesticides so none of it is organic.

I'm happy with the way things are. I can't complain over nothing. It's no big

thing. I get to make my stuff in my kitchen and that makes me smile.

Melody

> > >

> > > > Hi.

> > > >

> > > > My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to my

sprout salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and plum

tomatoes.

> > > >

> > > > I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes

were all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like

mixing it up in my salads.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Maybe the one I have is the Black Cherry that you're talking about. It is

certainly tasty! I'll ask at the market next week and let you know. I love it! I

bought some tiny grape toms (the regular red) and although I have liked these

before, the taste pales in comparison to the " purple " (pink, whatever color we

call it) ones. With these, I don't even want salt, which is interesting, because

tomatoes is one thing I always salt - kind of like eggs - lol. But I do use the

Himalayan salt, so I don't feel bad about it, and my BP was 108/64 at my

physical last week.

 

I'm going to check out the heirloom seeds. I have some that I bought at the last

Longevity Conference from BlackbirdNaturals.com, but they definitely weren't

free or even close to it! Thanks for this tip!

 

Peggy

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 2:52 PM

Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

I wonder what kind those are? Now thanks to E.W. I have to put Black wine

on my list to grow next year. Us tomato people are a strange bunch. I'm growing

one called Black Cherry that is super productive and tasty, the fruit is about

twice the size of a regular sized cherry about one and a half inches across. I

keep saying that I need more land. For the grow your own type, you can get six

packs of heirloom tomato seeds for the price of a s.a.s.e. at

http://wintersown.org

Lee

> At my local farmer's market yesterday, I got some purple cherry-size tomatoes

that are

> wonderful! I didn't ask the name of them, but they are delicious!

[Guest guest]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35458235/100_1794.JPG

 

OK, Lee. In honor of your birthday, and even though I'm not EW, I am sending you

a picture of the beautiful pink/purple/whatever color cherry tomatoes the the

grape tomatoes so you can get an idea of the color and size. So happy birthday,

and many more! And thanks for the directions on how to use Dropbox. I was

successful this time, and it's a piece of cake!

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:24 AM

Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

> If I knew how to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called Dropbox.

You sign up for an account, download the application, when you open the

application you'll log in with the email and password you used when you signed

up (I might be off on the sequence of events since I did this a long time ago).

After that is done you will have a folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your

file system, I'm on a mac it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or

Linux file systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you put any

picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the " Public " folder you

right click on the file you want to share and when you go to the " dropbox " item

in the menu you will have the option to " copy public link " that will copy the

link to that file to your clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are

good to go. I like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I

don't have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry if

anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do 'windowsspeak' or

'linuxspeak'.

If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your dropbox

as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it is my birthday

tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be to max out my dropbox

free space.

Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

Lee

[Guest guest]

Bravo Peggy, nice job! It's aways easy after you get that first success, it's

just getting the first success that is sometimes the hard part.

Those tomatoes look very similar to my black cherry, I've seen another one

listed as chocolate cherry that looks similar. Varietal names-who comes up with

these anyway?

Lee

> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35458235/100_1794.JPG

>

> OK, Lee. In honor of your birthday, and even though I'm not EW, I am sending

you a picture of the beautiful pink/purple/whatever color cherry tomatoes the

the grape tomatoes so you can get an idea of the color and size. So happy

birthday, and many more! And thanks for the directions on how to use Dropbox. I

was successful this time, and it's a piece of cake!

>

> Peggy

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:24 AM

> Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

>

>

>

>

>

> > If I knew how to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

>

> This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called Dropbox.

You sign up for an account, download the application, when you open the

application you'll log in with the email and password you used when you signed

up (I might be off on the sequence of events since I did this a long time ago).

After that is done you will have a folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your

file system, I'm on a mac it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or

Linux file systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

> In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you put any

picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the " Public " folder you

right click on the file you want to share and when you go to the " dropbox " item

in the menu you will have the option to " copy public link " that will copy the

link to that file to your clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are

good to go. I like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I

don't have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry if

anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do 'windowsspeak' or

'linuxspeak'.

> If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your dropbox

as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it is my birthday

tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be to max out my dropbox

free space.

> Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

> Lee

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Happy Birthday Lee, What a great tool . Thanks for letting us know

> about it. It was easy to set up. Maybe tomorrow I will take a pic of

> my tomatoes too since we all seem to be bragging a bit about tomatoes.

>

I am growing Purple Cherokee, Black Wine, Orange Stipeys, Roma,

Mini Roma ,Gurney Girl, Better Boy and Yellow Grape.

Thanks again

Lorri

>

> This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called

> Dropbox. You sign up for an account, download the application, when

> you open the application you'll log in with the email and password you

> used when you signed up (I might be off on the sequence of events

> since I did this a long time ago). After that is done you will have a

> folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your file system, I'm on a mac

> it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or Linux file

> systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

> In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you

> put any picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the

> " Public " folder you right click on the file you want to share and when

> you go to the " dropbox " item in the menu you will have the option to

> " copy public link " that will copy the link to that file to your

> clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are good to go. I

> like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I don't

> have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry

> if anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do

> 'windowsspeak' or 'linuxspeak'.

> If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

> http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your

> dropbox as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it

> is my birthday tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be

> to max out my dropbox free space.

> Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

> Lee

>

>

[Guest guest]

Forgot to mention that I am about to bring in some chicken breasts and

corn-on-the-cob that have been cooking in my brand new solar oven (thank you,

!) and we're having these with the tomatoes I showed you. Nice dinner, eh?

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 4:24 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

Bravo Peggy, nice job! It's aways easy after you get that first success, it's

just getting the first success that is sometimes the hard part.

Those tomatoes look very similar to my black cherry, I've seen another one

listed as chocolate cherry that looks similar. Varietal names-who comes up with

these anyway?

Lee

> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35458235/100_1794.JPG

>

> OK, Lee. In honor of your birthday, and even though I'm not EW, I am sending

you a picture of the beautiful pink/purple/whatever color cherry tomatoes the

the grape tomatoes so you can get an idea of the color and size. So happy

birthday, and many more! And thanks for the directions on how to use Dropbox. I

was successful this time, and it's a piece of cake!

>

> Peggy

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:24 AM

> Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

>

>

>

>

>

> > If I knew how to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

>

> This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called Dropbox.

You sign up for an account, download the application, when you open the

application you'll log in with the email and password you used when you signed

up (I might be off on the sequence of events since I did this a long time ago).

After that is done you will have a folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your

file system, I'm on a mac it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or

Linux file systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

> In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you put any

picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the " Public " folder you

right click on the file you want to share and when you go to the " dropbox " item

in the menu you will have the option to " copy public link " that will copy the

link to that file to your clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are

good to go. I like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I

don't have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry if

anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do 'windowsspeak' or

'linuxspeak'.

> If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your dropbox

as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it is my birthday

tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be to max out my dropbox

free space.

> Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

> Lee

>

>

[Guest guest]

Peggy:

I've used photobucket.com You just register for free, upload your photos and

they stay there and you just copy and paste the url for the photos.

Been doing this up until I got a Flip.

Melody

>

> Thanks for that info, EW. I took Lee's recommendation and d/loaded Dropbox.

I'm going to try a mini-Melody and see if I can get you a picture of the

tomatoes I'm talking about. I'd love to know the name of them (which I can get

from the farmer at next week's market).

> Ahhh...I didn't make it with Dropbox, but you can see the pics if you click on

the attachments. The color isn't exactly right. I should have put some red ones

in the mix so you could see the difference. Anyway, these are delicious little

morsels. Would love to grow some.

>  

> Peggy

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:54 PM

> Subject: Re: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

>

>

>  

>

> Peggy,

> There are several tomatoes with the wine name. Just the name wine

is a lovely red fruit which weights about 6 ounces and is great for slicing on

your sandwich. Yellow wine is a giant fruit that grows to look like three

tomatoes on one stem. It has a sweet taste. It is low acidic and the taste might

surprise. There's a pink and a black. I currently have a Black wine in my

garden. They grow to about 4 or 5 ounces. Perfectly round and so, so tasty. BTW,

all of these plants grow over 6 foot and spread into a three foot circle.

> ew

>

> Re: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

>

> Lee,

>

> Wow! Your tomato bed looks wonderful. I lived in Boyne City from 1950-60 and

went to Ferris from 55-59. I have relatives in the Allegan area. We always had

fresh garden tomatoes and I could always eat a bushel of them! In those years,

we never saw anything like a cherry or grape tomato - ours were the big slicing

kind where the juice would run down your face if you took a bite out of a whole

one. I was raised until 1950 in a suburb of Chicago and well remember my Dad and

the next door neighbor each trying to have the first ripe tomato of the summer.

My girlfriend and I would watch and as soon as one in my Dad's garden was ripe,

we'd pick it, sneak a salt shaker out of the house, and have ourselves a feast!

What wonderful memories. When I first came to California in 1960, you couldn't

get a decent tomato unless you grew it yourself. Now we have good ones

everywhere. At my local farmer's market yesterday, I got some purple cherry-size

tomatoes that are

> wonderful! I didn't ask the name of them, but they are delicious! Remind me of

the big heirloom ones that I think are called wine. I'm going to plant one

or two and see if I can get some plants of my own. My volunteer tomatoes seem to

do very well in the Earth boxes.

>

> Enjoy your bountiful crop!

>

> Peggy

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah, but it's JUST BASIL. Everybody does basil in the front and the back, but

they never do anything like tomatoes or cukes or anything OTHER than basil in

the front of the houses. In the front they have regular beautiful plants. Not

veggies or fruit.

Such a shame and a waste of space but it is what it is.

Melody

> > > >

> > > > > Hi.

> > > > >

> > > > > My next experiment will be adding different varieties of tomatoes to

my sprout salads. So far I have eaten Beefsteak, Cherry and grape tomateos and

plum tomatoes.

> > > > >

> > > > > I once bought a special batch called Gourmet Tomatoes and the tomatoes

were all different colors. When they have them again I'll buy them. I like

mixing it up in my salads.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > >

[Guest guest]

Beautiful photo!!!

Your grape tomatoes look exactly like the tomatoes I put in my sprout salad.

LOVE tomatoes!!!!

lol, Mel

>

> > If I knew how to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

>

> This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called Dropbox.

You sign up for an account, download the application, when you open the

application you'll log in with the email and password you used when you signed

up (I might be off on the sequence of events since I did this a long time ago).

After that is done you will have a folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your

file system, I'm on a mac it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or

Linux file systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

> In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you put any

picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the " Public " folder you

right click on the file you want to share and when you go to the " dropbox " item

in the menu you will have the option to " copy public link " that will copy the

link to that file to your clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are

good to go. I like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I

don't have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry if

anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do 'windowsspeak' or

'linuxspeak'.

> If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your dropbox

as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it is my birthday

tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be to max out my dropbox

free space.

> Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

> Lee

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Melody. I had some of those very tomatoes with tonight's

solar-oven-cooked dinner of chicken breast and corn on the cob. (Sorry to those

who read my last post about this!) It was good, it was easy, and it cooked while

we were having our constitutional down at the lake - no worries about a burner

or oven left on. I'm going to be doing this a lot, I believe!

 

And just as an aside - I have loved tomatoes forever. One year when I was in

college I got a really bad whole-body rash that wouldn't clear up at all.

Finally got a Dr. who said I had too much acid in my body and I was to quit

eating any citrus and tomatoes for the whole summer. Along with the lotion he

gave me to put on the rash, this cleared up my skin, but it was very difficult

about the tomatoes as I was working at a restaurant for the summer, and every

time I had to go into the walk-in cooler, there were these gorgeous, huge

beefsteak tomatoes staring me in the face. Then go home and there were some

more, fresh from the garden. But I wanted that rash gone, so I was good. Tough

summer, though.

 

Peggy

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 6:11 PM

Subject: Re: Look at the salad I made tonight

 

Beautiful photo!!!

Your grape tomatoes look exactly like the tomatoes I put in my sprout salad.

LOVE tomatoes!!!!

lol, Mel

>

> > If I knew how to post a picture as Lee just did, I would send you pictures.

>

> This is so easy, all it takes is a completely free application called Dropbox.

You sign up for an account, download the application, when you open the

application you'll log in with the email and password you used when you signed

up (I might be off on the sequence of events since I did this a long time ago).

After that is done you will have a folder called " Dropbox " somewhere in your

file system, I'm on a mac it's in my home folder, I have no idea how Windows or

Linux file systems are arranged but I'm sure you can find it.

> In the " Dropbox " folder is a folder named " Public " . In this folder you put any

picture or other file that you want to share on line. In the " Public " folder you

right click on the file you want to share and when you go to the " dropbox " item

in the menu you will have the option to " copy public link " that will copy the

link to that file to your clipboard. Paste that link to your email and you are

good to go. I like the fact that the pictures open in a browser window and I

don't have to sign in to Yahoo and upload files to their system. I'm sorry if

anyone is having a problem with my 'macspeak' but I don't do 'windowsspeak' or

'linuxspeak'.

> If anyone wants to use this useful and free application go to;

http://db.tt/uOjuy1o . You will get a little extra cloud space in your dropbox

as well as giving me some extra when you use my link. Since it is my birthday

tomorrow, the best gift that I could think of would be to max out my dropbox

free space.

> Now E.W., lets see your pictures.

> Lee

>

>

>