Jim Inman's (jinman) Garden - 2007

[JC-jetro]

Afternoon JC,
Gosh your making my mouth water posting a salad like that on the internet !!! Looks like your gonna be doin some canning in the near future !

Scott,

Yes I'll be doing some canning later on but what I like better than canning is to sun dry them. Wished the weather here in Kansas was a bit drier to sun dry the tomatoes. Advantage of sun drying is that you can reduced the bulk by %90 while you intensify the taste several folds. You can stack them tight in a jar with a few clove of garlic immersed in good quality Olive oil for the long storage without refrigeration. They are perfect for variety dishes including "Papa JC" pizzas . I have to keep enough empty room in the freezer for the venison I hunt in the fall so can not give tomatoes much real estate in the freezer.

Jim,

I just had 2 large tomatoes at work with my lunch. I add a bit of balsamic vinegar, olive oil and salt and pepper. I'm afraid same as you I may get sick of the stuff before too long. By the way any cubicle you walk in to at work you'll notice a bag with many tomatoes. I brought about 25 lbs to work and they were disappeared by about 11:00 am.


Randy,

As you mentioned in one of your posts before I ended up not caging my tomatoes on time and as a result they are all on ground but did not appear to give them any stress as the fruits are heavy. using weed Mat or plastic that you mulched the plants with certainly keep them clean without picking much parasites from the soil. I think I may tone it down a bit and space them no closer than 4 feet next year. I'd like to try more heirloom varieties next year.

"papa JC's" pizza with my last years pizza sauce.

 

[scott_vt]

JC,
I dont want to get off topic on Jims' thread but my comment does have to do with food ! I see you do Papa JCs' pizza. Kathleen and I bought a stone disc that we do our pizzas in our home oven, we buy the dough from Price Chopper and use some corn meal on the stone and we have had good luck doing our own pies on this thing ! Looks like yours came out quite good by looking at that picture ! For the life of me I cant remember the name of the darn thing but I will take alook !

 

[JC-jetro]

JC,
I dont want to get off topic on Jims' thread but my comment does have to do with food ! I see you do Papa JCs' pizza. Kathleen and I bought a stone disc that we do our pizzas in our home oven, we buy the dough from Price Chopper and use some corn meal on the stone and we have had good luck doing our own pies on this thing ! Looks like yours came out quite good by looking at that picture ! For the life of me I cant remember the name of the darn thing but I will take alook !

Scott,

I know Jim will not mind it, as this is one great thread. You cannot have passion for fresh vegetable and farming unless you have passion for food and good eats from the earth as it was meant by all mighty. If I make artisan type of pizza and totally Italian look then I do what you suggested using corn meal on the "Pizza peel” the paddle looking contraption. I make it slippery using some corn meal on the peel spread the dough after I give it the whirling dervishes treatment in the air. I then put my toppings on and put it in the oven at absolute highest temp (475 deg F) with the stone preheated. It makes the greatest crust. The whole pizza cooks in about 7 to 8 minutes. I do make my dough myself and find working the dough therapeutic. What I have different in my picture is that I used there an aluminum screen same as they use in "papa john's". You can buy that in restaurant type equipment supply stores. They are like 5 bucks for a 12" dia and cheaper for 8" to 10" dia. it give you the ability to make the form perfect every time if round means perfect. It holds the dough real good and allows perfect crisping. One major advantage is also that you can put it on the peel but do not have to have to have that quick jerking move to let the dough off of the peel. It would be disaster if you do not posses the right “teknik”. It’s much easier with the screen. I have 6 screens (by the way you never need to wash them, same as cast iron to keep non stick) and when we have pizza party or kid's b-day I keep fill the toppings as I get order from the munchkins and have it ready in less than 10 minutes.

 

[randy41]

JC-great food pics...what time is supper?

 

[JC-jetro]

JC-great food pics...what time is supper?

Randy,

Food is one of my passions and there is a lot more where that came from. That Pizza along with many more found their way in the stomach of my carnivores boys. We usually have supper from 8:00 to 8:30 during school and a bit later in summer due to all kind of crazy running around. Food will be freshly made every night .. no exception

JC

 

[JC-jetro]

JC,
I Looks like yours came out quite good by looking at that picture ! For the life of me I cant remember the name of the darn thing but I will take alook !

Scott,

A better picture of the screens:


This one is made with tomato sauce base.


This pizza is made with Basil base pesto sauce. (Basil, olive oil, roasted pine nuts and garlic). No tomato sauce at all.

 

[TBDonnelly]

I make it slippery using some corn meal on the peel spread the dough after I give it the whirling dervishes treatment in the air.

I'm really thinkin', we-need-a-video!

Don

 

[JC-jetro]

I'm really thinkin', we-need-a-video!

Don

I reckon that's going to cost some I reckon

 

[Ray2310]

JC,

Nice batch of tomatoes. All that hard work sure is paying off now. Won't be long and I'll be covered up with tomatoes. (can't wait) We can alot of tomatoes (juice, pizza sauce, salsa) I like the idea of sun drying. I'm sure I can find alot of stuff about it (and seams self explanatory) on the internet but am interested on exactly how you do it.

Attached are some pictures. We picked 20 dozen of corn yesterday morning. Spent the rest of the morning delivering to friends and family. Also a picture of the hierloom Italian tomates we grow. They are the sweetest, meatiest tomatoe I have ever tasted. (If anyone is interested in growing any next year I can send some seeds out). Last picture is the new multching method I am trying. Yes that is shredded paper.

 

[jinman]

We picked 20 dozen of corn yesterday morning. Spent the rest of the morning delivering to friends and family. Also a picture of the hierloom Italian tomates we grow. They are the sweetest, meatiest tomatoe I have ever tasted. (If anyone is interested in growing any next year I can send some seeds out). Last picture is the new multching method I am trying. Yes that is shredded paper.

Ray, I even called my wife to show her your FEL bucket full of ears of corn. That is a darn nice picture. I'm jealous!

I'll PM you with my home address and make you a deal. If you send me some of your tomato seeds, I'll send you some ****** Melon seeds. I'll cut and show a photo of the ****** Melon later, but I think it is the sweetest cantaloupe I've ever put into my mouth.