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Those aren't for eating, right? Please tell me these are for feeding to the cows, so you can eat them.

They are for eating.  Minimal seeds, firm flesh, sweet taste.  They are great for BLT's minus the toast.  We used the tomato for the bread with nice thick cut bacon, lettuce and a little mayo.  I only grow heirloom veggies so many people are amazed by my produce. 

I have a tomato that is yellow when ripe and has a fuzz on them like a peach.  They happen to be called peach tomatoes.

I would nom the crap outta that thing, and I'm not even a big tomato fan.

I love heirloom tomatoes. Such interesting,colors,flavors and shapes there!

But that tomato!!! 

Wowza... I have zucchini that would go nicely with that, in size anyway... of course, if we'd pick them regularly... 

If you don't do it already those big zucchini are great to stuff with either ground beef or chicken. 

I think I'll try that if we get another BIG one! Last night though I noticed the plants are dying back (We're in OK, and the heat has been brutal this year), and there were some bugs on them... I'm doing the garden all organic and just honestly don't know if I'll find the time to explore what I can do to get rid of those bugs before we leave for vacation 

I use this, but I only put it on the leaves.  I use rubber gloves and kind of "cover" the veggies.  Anything with garlic and hot pepper the bugs hate.

Homemade Hot Pepper Garden Bug Spray

 

Supplies List

• gloves
• mask/dish towel
• goggles
• five gallon bucket
• food processor
• cheese cloth
• garden sprayer

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups hot peppers, chopped (I used habaneros)
• 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
• 1 head of garlic
• 3 tbsp dish soap
• 4 gallons water

 

Directions

 

First, let me make it very clear that you need gloves for this project!

1.First, chop up your peppers and measure the two cups of them. Don't worry about getting them finely chopped, but make sure that they're small enough that you can get an accurate measurement.

2.When they've been cut up, put them in the food processor with the garlic cloves (a whole bulb's worth) and cayenne pepper and puree them. Add water as necessary to keep the food processor working properly.

3.When you've finished pureeing them, put them in a five gallon bucket and pour four gallons of water over them. Cover the bucket up and let the concoction sit for about 24 hours.

4.Strain out the hot peppers (it works best to pour the liquid into another five gallon bucket and catch the peppers in cheesecloth or a very small strainer) and add in the three tablespoons of dish soap. This might seem like a strange addition, but soap will help the spray spread out over and stick to the plant leaves.

5.Once you have everything mixed and all of the pepper chunks out, pour the hot pepper spray into your garden sprayer. If you don't have a garden sprayer, keep it stored in your bucket and pour it into a spray bottle as you need it.

To Use

 

You'll need to coat your plants with this well, and make sure to re-apply every few days. Twice a week is ideal. Make sure you aren't applying in the heat of the day, though-hot pepper spray is best applied in the evenings.

 

IMPORTANT: Do not to put the spray on edible parts of produce. You do not want this strong spray on your yummy garden food.

 

Hot pepper spray is a proven, natural pest deterrent for the garden

My doctor recommended metamucil.  It's gross, and you have to basically down it or it thickens in the glass, but it definitely does the job.  I tried miralax but it wasn't working as well for me, so I went back to the 'mucil and things have been much better.

I'm on the team too. It sucks sometimes wearing skirts when it looks like my legs got into a horrible fight with something.

Time since surgery: 8 Months

B: Double Scoop Unjury Shake

S: Taco Chicken, cheese and some apple slices (there may have been some caramel involved in the apples slices)

L: Small Chicken Taco Salad

D: Probably Chinese

S: ???