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Got Green Tomatoes? This Recipe Takes the Cake

Got Green Tomatoes? This Recipe Takes the Cake

I’m still plucking pinkish-orange tomatoes out from under their plastic cocoon, but I also know the abundance of greenies hanging…
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Watch Out for Jack Frost

It’s amazing, it’s October 15th and our garden is still going strong.  We’ve been laying plastic sheeting over the tomatoes…
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An Easy Recipe for Your Roma Tomato Harvest

Mama Mia, we have tomatoes! Somehow in spite of our disastrous attempt at starting tomato plants from seeds and the less than favorable weather conditions of the…
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Loose as a Goose

Gooseneck Loosestrife Last summer while visiting friends in Portland I was introduced to “lysimachia clethroides,” better know as Gooseneck Loosestrife.  The…
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Time for a Change

The Coeur d’Alene Coop has a new look!  A few months ago I discovered Bloggers new Design Template and have…
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The Shoulder Season

I love fall.  There, I’ve said it.  It’s not that I don’t like the other seasons, after all, I am a…
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I'm growing a "winter" tomato this year! What's that? Ah, it's a beautiful, little paste tomato from the hillsides of Mount Vesuvious in Italy: Pianollo del Vesuvio. Pianollo translates to hanging, and that's exactly how the large clusters of fruit are stored...for months, in Italy. The fruit becomes sweeter, the longer it hangs. I love growing something new and have been intrigued by these tomatoes since seeing them packed in jars of saltwater in a deli in Rome a few years ago (still kicking myself for not buying a jar). My hopes are high this season, as I have five plants in the ground. Stocky, indeterminate plants only grow to 36 to 48 inches. I discovered another seed source and ordered three more types. If they produce, plants will be available next year for all to grow winter tomatoes!#thecoeurdalenecoop #italiantomatoes #pianollodelvesuvius #winterstoragetomatoes ... See MoreSee Less

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This is a Goldilocks week for tomato growers. Temp This is a Goldilocks week for tomato growers. Temperatures will be in the 70s and sunny, perfect conditions for tomatoes to pollinate (they are self pollinating) and set fruit. With some luck and continued good weather, we might actually have a decent harvest this year!

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