Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Oct 9th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator There’s something incongruous about a chilly 50 degree, gray, wet day and the warm color of ripening tomatoes on the vines. The stark contrast reinforces the realities of our seasonal transition. We’re about to say farewell to our last tomatoes [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter, Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Catfacing and other deformities in tomatoes are a visual turnoff for most people. The reality is that while the catfacing will render part of the tomato unpalatable for most culinary uses, a substantial part of the tomato will be usable [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Jun 18th, 2009
Community Kitchen Garden: Tomato Suckers and More! By Janine Butler, garden volunteer Do you know what I love about this volunteer gig? Every time I go to the garden I learn something new – this week was all about tomatoes (and yes, I say tom-ah-toe, not tom-ate-er). Tom Brinda, Assistant Executive Director of Horticulture at [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Jun 4th, 2009
Community Kitchen Garden: Look What’s Growing! by Janine Butler, garden volunteer What a difference a couple of weeks can make! Look at these pictures that were taken this morning: The squash seeds that we planted a couple of weeks ago are doing great. I can’t believe that they could grow so big in such a [...]
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