More chanterelles!

More chanterelles!
Originally uploaded by jennconspiracy

February 23 mushroom foraging outing.

Tomatoes are planted!

I just received 17 varieties of heirloom tomato seeds. The seedlings are all planted and germinating. I plan to make tomato paste, dried tomatoes and plenty of other tomato-y goodness. Some will be planted at the boyfriend's house and some at my house -- and I may bring some containers to other friends to see how the cold weather tolerant varieties do in San Francisco.

I'm sure I'll have lots of extra plants -- if you live in Oakland, add your comment and I'll keep you in mind after we start figuring out how many will survive and how many we can put in the ground.

	Moskovich-Tomato Seeds Early season ("extra early")
	Peacevine Cherry-Tomato Seeds Mid-season, high amino acid content, high Vitamin C content cherry tomato
	Super Snow White-Tomato Seeds Mid-season, very sweet, white ping pong ball size
	Wonder Light-Tomato Seeds Mid season, "plum lemon" w/mild sweet flavor (yellow catsup, anyone?)
	Amana Orange-Tomato Seeds Late season, "huge" beefsteak, fluted/irregular, 2# or more
	Aunt Ruby’s German Green-Tomato Seeds Mid-season, "lime jello" color - super fruity, slightly spicy
	Aunt Ruby's Yellow Cherry-Tomato Seeds Mid-season, Very productive, fruity-tart.
	Black Cherry-Tomato Seeds Early season, tall vigorous plant, sweet, complex, round black cherry tomato.
	Blondkopfchen-Tomato Seeds Mid-season. "Plant produces phenomenal clusters of 20-30 very-very-very tasty gold/yellow grape-sized (1/2") cherries. Put this in your mouth and see if you can keep from smiling."
	Brandywine, Red-Tomato Seeds Late season, 1-1 1/2#, pink/purple meaty fruit, good for canning.
	Debarao-Tomato Seeds Great paste tomato, mid-season
	Green Zebra-Tomato Seeds Developed in 1985 for Alice Waters/Chez Panisse - these are available at farmer's markets, WF, BB and are really yum.
	Hawaiian Pineapple-Tomato Seeds Late season. Large 1-1 1/2# beefsteak, sweet, slightly pineapple flavored - had to have these!
	Principe Borghese Mid-season, good for drying - supposed to be the most flavorful
	Yellow Ruffled Mid-season. Ruffled/indeterminate. Good for stuffing - and they photographed it on a Blue Willow plate!
	Paul Robeson Mid-season. Black beefsteak tomato, good for lower growing temps.
	Italian Tree Late season. These must be staked - the plant grows up to 15' tall and produces a lot of tomatoes - "enormous amounts of meaty, 1-2 pound, 4-5-inch, red tomatoes with superior sweet flavors." I think I'll have the most trouble with this one (wrt over production)
	Aker's West Virginia - BONUS from the TomatoFest Folks A family heirloom tomato of Craig Lehoullier's friend, Carl Aker of Pennsylvania. Originally from West Virginia. These organic tomato seeds produce a vigorous highly productive, regular leaf, heirloom tomato plant that yields an excellent set of large, 10 to 16-ounce, deep-red, slightly flattened tomatoes in clusters of 2. Fruits show little or no cracking and have a well balanced sweetness to acidity. Delicious, robust flavors.

GIANT Chanterelle

GIANT Chanterelle
Originally uploaded by jennconspiracy

Do you know how big my hands are? My hands are 7.5" long and about 4.5" wide. This mushroom is that much bigger than my hand. Click through for more great Chanterelles!