Wednesday 13 September 2017

nix pineapples

the pineapple tomatoes were a resounding failure. the plants grew very well and produced 16 good sized tomatoes, but i couldn't give the goddamned things away! i ate one myself and the lovely mrs myshkin threw one into some sort of stew but that's about it. i ended up with a bowl of "throwing" fruit.

the patio tomatoes were a smashing success, lots of fruit and low maintenance. but i did learn that patio tomatoes grow better when not in a pot on the patio. the pot quickly dries out in the sun and if you add too much water too quickly, the fruit gets some sort of rot on the underbelly. it will be patio tomatoes in the garden next year.  hopefully the patio tomatoes will provide enough misdirection so that the lovely mrs myshkin won't notice the giant chinese pumpkins until they need a crane and forklift to be moved.

it's almost time to begin the annual deadwood marathon and i'm all fired up after watching john wick and john wick 2.  i was very pleasantly surprised to find al swearengen (ian mcshane) in the first john wick and pleased as punch to see that mcshane had larger part in john wick 2.

if you like al swearengen and have a fondness for pitbull type dogs, you gotta watch this clip. it's totally excellent.

john wick, al swearengen and a cool dog!

if this isn't nice, what is!!!!


billy says he loves you sons of bitches.
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  1. silly rabbit13 September 2017 at 21:50

    Excellent it is! Well, I'll skip pineapple tomatoes. I do best with romas and cherry.

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    1. E. Rosewater14 September 2017 at 19:00

      you'd love the last minute of john wick 1. other than ian mcshane and the dogs, john wick is pretty ordinary.

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  2. Gorilla Bananas14 September 2017 at 09:45

    You can never have too many tomatoes. Whem you get tired of making pasta sauce, make ketchup. I'm going to check up on Ian Mcshane's career on the imdb site.

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    1. E. Rosewater14 September 2017 at 18:59

      if i was really ambitious, i'd make some salsa. but i'm not ambitious so i'll just slice them for burgers and sandwiches.

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  3. peppylady (Dora)14 September 2017 at 12:44

    The type of tomatoe seed my son did the best, and please don't ask what they were..because I don't know.

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    1. E. Rosewater14 September 2017 at 19:02

      i thing i like about patio tomatoes is they're basically idiot proof. and they didn't need a long growing season.

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  4. BBC15 September 2017 at 02:27

    I did best with sunflowers this year.

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    1. E. Rosewater15 September 2017 at 16:16

      i might try some sunflowers next year, i understand they're idiot proof.

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  5. PipeTobacco15 September 2017 at 05:04

    What was the taste like of the pineapple tomatoes? I had my best luck this year with my herbs, sunflower Ana tomatillos.

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    1. E. Rosewater15 September 2017 at 16:16

      not much taste and quite fibrous. (that's the kindest thing i can say about them)

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  6. Mr. Shife15 September 2017 at 15:25

    Glad to hear some of the tomatoes worked out for you, Mr. Rosewater. Good luck with the pumpkins as well. Sounds like you will need it if they get as big as advertised. I need to watch John Wick 2. The first one was entertaining. Take care.

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    1. E. Rosewater15 September 2017 at 16:17

      john from cincinnati is way better than john wick 2.

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