From our multi-talented & ever-dependable Ozark Hillbilly:
I forget where I read it and I am quite sure that every person who ever cared about cooking echoed the sentiment, but one eats with the eyes long before the mouth. With that in mind, I am always looking for beautiful fruits and veggies to grow in the garden.
This year, my maters didn’t exactly measure up with the tongue due I think to too much rain, but there was some definite eye candy on them there vines.
Starting at top left: Hillbilly (from TomatoBob), Mushroom Basket (BakerCreek), Amana Orange (TB), Wood*s Brimmer (BC).
My wife thinks tomatoes are supposed to be red and won’t eat one that isn’t red or pink. No problemo, more for me.
I always grow a variety of beans but Good Mother Stollard is a favorite. (Also Hidatsa red beans — look closely)
This was my second year growing Ojo de Tigre beans and this year they really produced. (Amix pic) also to be seen are Cherokee Trail of Tears (the black beans), Xmas Limas (all 2 of them).
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